Bipartisan Senators Push for Russia Sanctions Passage as Putin ‘Escalates’ Ukraine Assault

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Tillis Speak Against Russian Airstrike in Kyiv

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, released the following statement in response to Russia’s recent airstrike on Kyiv, the largest airstrike since the start of the war: “It has been three weeks since President Trump met with Vladimir Putin. Since that time, Putin met with fellow autocrats in Beijing to conspire against America and returned to Moscow to escal…

Bipartisan senators push for Russia sanctions passage as Putin 'escalates' Ukraine assault

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a joint statement Wednesday calling on colleagues to “swiftly pass” sanctions legislation against Russia in response to its latest airstrike against Kyiv. Tillis and Shaheen accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of escalating the war by launching a massive drone and cruise missile attack over the w…

Bipartisan senators push for Russia sanctions passage as Putin ‘escalates’ Ukraine assault

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a joint statement Wednesday calling on colleagues to “swiftly pass” sanctions legislation against Russia in response to its latest airstrike against Kyiv. Tillis and Shaheen accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of escalating the war…