US lawmakers look to boost Ukraine, sanction Russia: Reuters

US lawmakers look to boost Ukraine, sanction Russia, sources say

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday to bolster Ukraine in its war with Russia, another effort to pressure the Trump administration to back the Kyiv government, sources familiar with the effort said.

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The bill comes two weeks after Senate Republicans and Democrats introduced tough new sanctions on Russia.

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The European Union is already working on the seventeenth package of sanctions against Russia. Although the scope for this is shrinking, because there are already sanctions in place on much of the exchanges with Russia, it is an attempt to exert “more pressure” against Moscow. This Sunday’s attack, with more than 30 civilians killed in the city of Sumi, shows that the Kremlin not only has a “null” interest in a ceasefire, but is “screwing” intern…

Lithuania intends to seek the strengthening of EU sanctions against Russia within the framework of the 17th package, which is in the formative stage.