U.S. authoritative hard on Russia's relationship. “Putin shows Trump the mediate finger”

"Trump has done everything possible" to make concessions to Putin and make various proposals to him," Volker said. As he added, the president of the United States tried to convince Putin of his all strength to negociate "to bring about a ceasefire and to do so under the best possible conditions for Putin and Putin simply rejected it".

According to Volker, the next steps from the U.S. side should be a reliable supply of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for which Kiev can pay.

— It is not American taxpayers who will supply this in the future. This will be done either through loans to Ukraine or through European loans or through a natural material agreement," he said.

The politician besides estimated that the US should exert force on the Russian state budget. “ Russia inactive earns from oil and gas and financial transactions. We request to impose secondary sanctions as shortly as possible, which (senator) Lindsey Graham proposed to the Senate," he added.

He besides felt that the ongoing dispute over whether the United States should save its own weapons or deliver it to Ukraine was a "false dilemma". — North Korea, China, Iran and Russia work together, and their common goal is to weaken the United States and weaken the West. If we can aid Ukraine weaken Russia, it is simply a very good usage of our ammunition," he stressed.