Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen slams Trump’s diesel sanction lift
Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s move to end sanctions on Russian diesel exports.
At a forum in Singapore, Elina Valtonen denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the diesel sanctions imposed on Russia. She argued that providing extra revenue to Russia’s war machine is a poor strategy. Valtonen urged the United States, as a leader of the free world, to continue backing Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. She called on other nations to stand with the victim rather than aid the aggressor.
Why it matters
The comments reveal friction between US policy and European allies on how to pressure Russia amid the Ukraine war.
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