The United States announced on 22nd that it would impose sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, urging Russia and Ukraine to immediately cease fire. On the same day, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he had cancelled the plan for the recent meeting of U.S. Russian leaders, because the current meeting would not yield results.

Speaking about the new U.S. sanctions on Russia, Zakharova said it would not bring trouble to Russia, as Russia already has ¡°strong immunity against such restrictions.¡± ¡°We think this move will have an extremely reversible effect.¡±

¡°If the current U.S. government follows its predecessor and tries to force Russia to sacrifice its national interests through illegal sanctions, the outcome will be the same: failure from a domestic political perspective and a negative impact on global economic stability,¡± Zakharova said.

The report mentioned that regarding Trump's latest remarks involving the US-Russian presidential meeting, Zakharova said that Russia has taken note of the relevant statements and the Russian Foreign Ministry is willing to continue to maintain contact with the U.S. State Department.

"(Russia) has taken note of some statements made by the President of the United States during his dialogue with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on October 22, the most notable of which is the cancellation of the Russia-US summit originally proposed by the United States." Zakharova said. "Of course, we think the Russian Presidential Press Service will make relevant comments on this matter. The Russian Foreign Ministry is willing to continue to maintain contact with the US State Department according to the understanding reached by the Russian and American presidents on October 16."

U.S. Treasury Secretary Basent said in a statement on the 22nd that the U.S. sanctions against Russia target Russian state-owned enterprise Rosneft and private enterprise Lukoil. The statement did not explicitly mention the effective date of the sanctions. According to Bloomberg estimates, the crude oil exports of these two companies together account for nearly 50% of Russia's total crude oil exports. In addition, Besent said in an interview with Fox Business News on the morning of the 22nd that Trump was disappointed that there was no progress in the Russia-Ukraine negotiations after the US-Russian leaders 'meeting in Alaska in August.

On the same day, Trump announced that he had postponed the previously scheduled meeting with Russian President Putin on Ukraine in Budapest, Hungary. He told the media on the afternoon at the White House meeting with NATO Secretary-General Luther, because ¡°he felt the time was not right¡± cancelled the schedule of the meeting, and the current meeting ¡°cannot reach the goal¡±.