Just a day ago, Lindsey Graham announced in Kyiv that he had reached an agreement with Trump to pass the Russia sanctions bill that would make it possible for Trump to impose sanctions on third-countries buying Russian oil:
GRAHAM:
“We’ve reached an agreement with the White House on a version of the Russian sanctions bill that they will support. It means it’s going to become law.
So, when I get back to Washington, I’m going to go with Senator Blumenthal to the Republican and Democratic leaders to see if we can find time to move this Russian sanctions package that would give tools to President Trump to help end this war.
There are some things we can do on the technology front to build on the lethality of Ukraine to protect itself from ballistic missile attack.
If we did that, combined with creating tools to punish those countries that prop up Putin and make money off this war, then I think we’ve got the best chance since I’ve been coming here in the last five years to get Putin to the peace table”
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— @visegrad24 Jul 12, 2026
