'An Act Of War': Putin Ally Blasts Donald Trump Over Russian Oil Sanctions

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68fa34c01800008a91fe404f.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska in August." data-caption="Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska in August." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska in August.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/donald-trump/">Donald Trump’s </a>decision to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trumps-flip-flopping-putin-policy-flips-again-with-new-russia-sanctions_uk_68f9badfe4b01e35ba1753df">impose sanctions on two of Russia’s biggest oil companies</a> is “an act of war”, a key <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/vladimir-putin/">Vladimir Putin</a> ally has declared.</p><p>Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia, hit out after Trump made the shock announcement on Wednesday night.</p><p>“Today is a very big day in terms of what we’re doing,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Look, these are tremendous sanctions. These are very big.”</p><p>The move makes it harder for the two companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, to sell oil to other countries, dealing a huge blow to the Russian economy.</p><p>The move came a day after Trump scrapped plans for another peace summit with Putin aimed at agreeing a deal to end the Ukraine war.</p><p>Russia has rejected Trump’s proposal of ending the war on the current battle lines, as Putin wants Kyiv to agree to hand over the parts of the Donbas region that it has been unable to occupy since the conflict began in 2022.</p><p>Writing on Telegram, Medvedev said: “The US is our enemy, and their talkative ‘peacemaker’ has now fully embarked