GOP rattles Russia sanctions saber as Trump looks for leverage [View all]
(The Hill) Republicans are showing a growing appetite for long-threatened sanctions that would seek to cut off Russia from vital trading partners like China, India and possibly Europe, as President Trump looks for leverage to stop the Ukraine war.
Trump earlier this week sided with Ukraine hawks in Congress when he said the U.S. would continue providing crucial Patriot air-defense missiles and other weapons to Kyiv, apparently overruling a Pentagon directive days earlier pausing those shipments.
The president has also been displaying a mounting frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin, prompting GOP leaders in Congress to show renewed interest in a sweeping sanctions regime.
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