Republican Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, One of the main allies of US President Donald Trump, on Sunday in the Face the Nation TV show CBS He indicated that there would be a turning point in the US policy against Russia. This was stated by AP.
“The turning point in connection with the Russian invasion on Ukraine is coming to a fall,” Graham said. According to him, Trump has been trying to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table for months. “He left the door open when it comes to Russia – this door will soon close, ” Senator stated.
“I expect to see a record supply of weapons in the coming days to help Ukraine defend“Graham continued. One of Putin’s greatest mistakes, according to him, was that he decided to deceive Trump.” In the coming days and weeks, a huge effort will be made to get Putin to the negotiating table, “Graham said.
Graham and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut, who was also a guest in the CBS program, said that In the chapter and among European officials, there is a consensus that part of Russian assets worth $ 300 billion that G7 countries have frozen at the beginning of the war will be used to help Ukraine. “It’s time to do it,” Blumenthal said.
Representatives of the United States, including Graham, Blumenthal and Trump’s special ambassador for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, first attended the meeting of the so -called. coalitions willing. Kellogg will arrive in Ukraine on Monday, where it will stay a few days.
Graham and Blumenthal are the initiators of the new sanction legislation in the congress, which envisages the introduction of high duties against Russia trading countries. According to Graham, duties are discussed up to 500 percent. “China, India and Brazil buy oil and oil products and other goods from Russia. These are the money Putin used to wage war,”Said Graham