US President Donald Trump still has the option to impose sanctions against Russia — but only if he considers such measures necessary, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a briefing.

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday making official his vow to double tariffs on steel and aluminum, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters in a briefing.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukraine must compensate Russia for destroyed aircraft, adding: "They were just sitting there, not bothering anyone. If the Ukrainians had shot them down during a combat mission, that would be a different matter. But they were just sitting there. It's like hitting someone who's already down."

President Donald Trump was deliberately left in the dark about Ukraine’s unprecedented drone strike in Russia on Sunday, which destroyed nearly a third of the Kremlin’s strategic bomber fleet in a surprise attack.

Vladimir Putin's forces were left reeling after Ukraine launched a devastating drone attack on Russian air bases over the weekend, with a Ukrainian journalist taking the opportunity to mock US Preside