United States President Donald Trump warned on Thursday of the possibility of imposing “very tough” sanctions against both Russia and Ukraine if the war between the two countries does not end. “We’re going to be very tough,

But halting progress, ever-more deadly drone attacks and unmoving negotiating positions seem to have taken their toll. On Thursday, Trump used a striking analogy to concede the warfare was nowhere near over, and that he did not, at that moment, feel it was best to intervene.