Washington (AP) – Return from a Congressional Delegation Trip Ukrainesenior Republicans said he was more optimistic that he could succeed in the war with the right support from the US and other allies, urging him to pass Congress. The Russian sanctions bill is getting longer as soon as possible.
Rep. Michael Turner of Ohiourges bipartisan delegations from members of the House Armed Services Committee, led by Ukraine, Poland and Germany. Speaker microphone johnson Voting promptly on widely supported sanction proposals. The scale does so Slapping a sudden tariff As a way to curb the cash flow that fuels industrial production and war machinery in countries that buy Russia’s oil, gas and other exports.
Turner said President Donald Trump correct: Ukraine could succeed in regaining its territory “Get proper support from Russia – that’s the warning.”
“What you can see on the ground in Ukraine is really a mathematics problem,” Turner said at a briefing in Washington.
“The Russian economy allows them to produce weapons for war, and those war weapons have led to the murderous battlefield in Ukraine,” he said. “And you turn off the spigots of the Russian economy. It affects your ability to fight wars in Ukraine.”
A strong push from senior Republican lawmakers gives a new boost to the sanctions bill. This has been suffering for months on Capitol Hill, awaiting green light from the Trump administration despite widespread support. Almost every senator and many other House members signed the bill. Rare, bipartisan consensus In the US Congress.
It would impose what lawmakers are saying, and would crush sanctions – up to 500% tariffs on goods from countries like China and India will buy oil, gas and other exports from Russia. Other leaders bald, including Hungary’s Victor Orban. I said it on Friday Droping Russia’s energy would be a “disaster” for its economy.
Johnson speaker’s office did not immediately provide comment on Turner’s request.
Turner said the views from Ukraine are very different from the recent Armed Services Briefings received in Washington.
“Because I was in Ukraine, it is clear that the ingenuity of Ukraine, their resilience and tenacity are retained and Russia is not successful,” he said.
Trump, he said, is right that Ukraine can win the ground in war.
“I believe that with our proper support, including economic sanctions, Russia will not succeed,” he said.
In a letter to Johnson, Turner also made clear that he believes Putin will not stop in Ukraine.
“What I witnessed made it clear that the Russian war is not limited to Ukraine. It is a direct threat to NATO itself,” he wrote to the speaker.
“Putin’s ambitions go far beyond the Ukrainian borders, and his administration has shown that nothing will stop to erode freedom, democracy and the rule of law across Europe. There is no time to waste,” he wrote.
He said that Russia’s recent drone invasions were not accidental invasions into Polish and Romania’s airspace – they are provocations calculated to attack NATO’s territory and European security.
“Congress must act decisively to stand up to Russia’s invasion, destabilize Putin on his side and provide the president with the tools he needs to end this war.”
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