The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russia was continuing its dialogue with the United States amid threats by President Donald Trump to levy secondary sanctions on Russian oil if Moscow does not work to end the war in Ukraine.

It comes as the Russian president issued new orders to 160,000 Russian men as conflict in Ukraine continues to rage.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on March 30 that there is a "psychological deadline" for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine, without naming a specific date. "If I think they're (Russia) tapping us along,

A Kremlin spokesman says Russia views efforts to end its three-year war with Ukraine as “a drawn-out process,” after U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration with the two countries’ leaders as he tries to bring about a truce.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has said he believes US President Donald Trump will impose large-scale sanctions on Russia if it refuses to comply with the full ceasefire. Source: European Pravda; Alexander Stubb in an interview with Sky News Details: Stubb said he is confident that Trump "wants to end this war" and that he had suggested

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Trump had accused Ukraine of not being "ready" for peace, which Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly denied. The Ukrainian leader has blamed Russia for the slow progress of talks, hurried on by the White House in the just over two months since Trump's inauguration.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that while Russia wants to end its war with Ukraine, but it "could be dragging its feet.""I think that Russia wants to see an end to it, but it could be they're dragging their feet.