During the recent Group of Seven (G7) summit, US President Donald Trump discussed intensifying pressure on Moscow and suggested he might walk away from prior diplomatic arrangements made with Russia, Axios reporred. Trump has become skeptical of Putin Citing two US officials present at the summit, the report states that Trump expressed mounting frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Trump hinted that he might abandon the so-called “Anchorage Understandings” – a purported framework under which the US had agreed to a Russian demand to maintain control over the Donbas region in any future peace settlement. Despite Trump’s rhetoric about stepping up pressure on the Kremlin, European allies reportedly remain unconvinced. One of the officials noted that there are significant doubts within Europe regarding whether the US president will follow through with tangible measures. “Trump was skeptical of everything related to Putin and talked about pressuring Russia, but other leaders do not believe that he will actually do anything about it,” the official stated. Hardliners press the Kremlin The uncertainty surrounding US-brokered peace efforts comes as the Kremlin faces domestic pressure to abandon diplomacy altogether. According to Reuters, Russian nationalist hardliners are increasingly calling on Putin to halt negotiations with the US and dramatically escalate the war against Ukraine. This anger has been fueled by a recent series of successful Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, St. Petersburg, and occupied Crimea.