US senators meet Zelensky in Kyiv-Frieden in Ukraine unsafe

US senators meet Zelensky in Kyiv-Frieden in Ukraine unsafe

A bipartisane group of US senators met Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj in Kiev on Friday and demanded stronger sanctions against Russia. There is an uncertainty as to whether the next peace talks will be continued in the coming days.

Important conversations in Kyiv

The Republican Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina and his collegial democrat Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut had in the Ukrainian capital discussion with Selenskyj and other high -ranking representatives of Ukraine. Her visit took place only a few days after Russia had a solid Air strain on Ukraine had started - the biggest offensive since the beginning of the war. At the same time, the US government increases the pressure on Moscow to end the conflict that has been going on for three years.

The treated topics included ongoing peace talks and a draft law to tighten the US sanctions against Russia, the Ukrainian Presidential Office with.

Graham and Blumenthal together support a cross -party draft law that aims to impose strict sanctions against Russia - a proposal that has gained support among many Republican MPs in recent weeks, since Moscow intensifies its fatal air raids.

announcement of the Sanctions Act

Graham said that the MPs would continue next week with a vote on the draft law, as the Reuters news agency reported. This draft is supported by 82 senators of both parties and would A customs of 500% to be imported from countries will obtain Russian oil, gas, uranium and other products. In order to become a law, he must be approved by both chambers of the congress and signed by President Donald Trump.

So far, Trump has noticed additional sanctions because he is trying to negotiate a peace treaty between Moscow and Kiev. Nevertheless, in the past he has threatened to impose sanctions if Russia does not agree with a ceasefire.

Questions about the peace discussions

When asked by reporters on Friday, whether he would support the draft law, Trump replied: "I don't know, I have to look at it. I will look at it." Graham stated that he spoke to Trump before his trip and that the US President expected "concrete measures" from Moscow, said Reuters.

The visit takes place in the middle of concerns of Ukrainian civil servants regarding the planned peace talks in Istanbul on Monday, since they note that Russia has so far not sent a negotiation proposals, an essential claim.

cooperation with Turkey

"The agenda must be clear and the negotiations must be properly prepared," wrote Selenskyj on Friday on X after receiving the Turkish Foreign Minister in Kiev. Selenskyj also announced that he spoke to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and wrote on Telegram: "We agree that this meeting cannot and must not be empty."

"Neither we in Ukraine nor Turkey as a host country have information about Russia's so -called memorandum," he said in his evening speech and accused Russia of withholding his memorandum from both countries. Ukraine has already presented her own version of a peace memorandum.

a meeting on a high level?

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lawrow said on Wednesday that Moscow would present his memorandum during the next round of negotiations. Selenskyj said that he and his Turkish counterpart also spoke about the possibility of a four -page meeting with the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United States to continue the peace negotiations.

In the past few weeks, the US President has obviously showed his frustration over Russia due to the fatal attacks on Ukraine and the lack of progress in peace talks. President Vladimir Putin proposed at the beginning of the month, in Turkey Delegations .

prisoner exchange as the only result

A large -scale exchange of prisoners, the largest since the beginning of the war, was the only significant result, with both sides approving of releasing 1,000 prisoners each - but this event was overshadowed by the continuing Russian attacks. At that time Trump expressed his frustration about Putin and said: "We are in the middle of negotiations and he fires rockets on Kiev and other cities."