WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that he believes President Donald Trump is prepared to “crush” Russia’s economy with a new wave of sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the coming weeks.

The British government said on Tuesday European leaders were weighing additional sanctions to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a broader push to put an end to the war in Ukraine.

European leaders would likely impose sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin refuses to take part in a trilateral meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump.

Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice evaluated President Trump's Friday meeting with Vladimir Putin during an appearance Friday evening on MSNBC. Rice said it was a diplomatic victory for Putin to get such a "warm welcome" from Trump on U.

Holding off on punishing Moscow isn’t getting President Donald Trump any closer to peace: Hitting Vladimir Putin with fresh secondary sanctions looks like the best, maybe only, way to get him to both sit down with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and get serious about doing a deal.

While Republicans praised President Trump's diplomatic efforts with Vladimir Putin, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle signaled a desire to impose sanctions on Moscow if peace talks faltered.

One of the stranger stories to come out of the Trump-Putin summit was the story of a man who was given a new motorcycle by Russian officials, who explained it was a “personal gift” from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mark Warren, of Anchorage, said he was handed the keys to the spanking new Ural motorbike in a motel parking lot by a Russian embassy employee last week after Vladimir Putin’s high-stakes