Zelenskyy urges Trump to take 'clear position' on Russia sanctions

It's time for Donald Trump to get off the fence

It's time for Donald Trump to get off the fence.

That's the message from Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has called for the American president to take a “clear position” on Russia.

Trump's efforts to broker peace — or at least a peace summit — between Russia and Ukraine have fizzled out, with Russian President Vladimir Putin rebuffing U.S. diplomacy and intensifying his attacks on Ukraine while sticking to his maximalist demands.

Trump has stopped short of imposing his promised punishment on the Kremlin, and Ukraine's allies have so far not outlined a defined set of security guarantees they could offer Kyiv to help bring an end to the war.

Trump signals ‘major sanctions’ on Russia if other NATO countries do too00:54“Donald Trump has enough force to make Putin afraid of him,” Zelenskyy told Sky News in an interview Monday.