Because of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin too many people are dying, so the US may still adopt new sanctions against Russia. President Donald Trump stated this during communion with journalists.

"We are unhappy with Putin. I am unhappy with Putin. I can tell you that now because he is killing a lot of people. And a lot of them are his soldiers... his soldiers and Ukrainian soldiers. And now it's up to 7,000 people a week. And I am unhappy with Putin," the American leader said.

Then the journalist rightly asked whether Trump intended to convert his dissatisfaction with Putin into any concrete steps.

"I'm not going to tell you. Don't we want to have a little surprise?" Trump said.

Journalists reminded the US president that a bill on"hellish" sanctions against Russia has been gathering dust in Congress for several months.

"I'm looking at it. The Senate is passing a very tough sanctions bill. Yes, I'm looking at it. It's a non-binding bill. It's entirely my decision. They're taking it on completely at my discretion and they're stopping it completely at my discretion. And I'm very careful about that," Trump replied.

At the same time, he boasted about American military aid to Ukraine, the transfer of which he had previously criticized.

"The Ukrainians were brave, but we gave them the best equipment ever made. We gave them anti-tank guns that knock out tanks. You just point them at the tank, and the tank is gone. We gave them missiles, the newest and best. It would probably have been a very quick war, lasting three or four days, but the Ukrainians had our incredible weapons," Trump said.

Trump criticizes Putin

As UNIAN reported, since Trump returned to the White House, he has had half a dozen phone conversations with the Russian dictator. Each time, he said afterwards that had a"very good conversation" and expressed his belief that Putin wants peace.

In practice, however, Russia has only intensified its attacks on Ukraine, as Trump eventually had to admit. In July, he began to directly criticize the Russian dictator, to which Moscow only shrugged its shoulders. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Putin reacts to the US president's statements simply"not at all".