A U.S.-Russia peace meeting is scheduled in Miami on Saturday, led by Kirill Dmitriev for Russia and Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff for the United States, following U.S.-brokered proposals discussed in Berlin.U.S. officials are preparing new sanctions that would target Russia's energy sector and the shadow fleet if Vladimir Putin rejects the proposal, and Scott Bessent discussed options with European leaders while Donald Trump would make the final decision on penalties.The EU adopted its twentieth sanctions package earlier this week, adding vessels, sanctioning businessmen linked to
Lukoil and
Rosneft, naming
John Mark Dougan and others, and Western officials cited
Sea Baby drone strikes and cyber groups such as
GRU Unit 29155 and
Cadet Blizzard as part of pressure on Moscow.
Published: Monday | Updated: 16h