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According to the report, US Senator Lindsey Graham warned that President Donald Trump risks being drawn into futile peace talks with Russia unless Washington increases pressure on the Kremlin, including by supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles if Moscow continues to reject efforts to end the war, NBC News reported. Speaking in an NBC interview, Graham said negotiations led by the United States, Ukraine, and European partners had produced a framework that could halt the fighting without forcing Russia out of all occupied territory, but would include strong security guarantees to prevent another invasion.
The report also stated that Russia has repeatedly rebuffed peace efforts, raising doubts about whether Putin intends to end the war at all. Graham argued that if Moscow again refuses a deal, the US must dramatically change the game. Trump was urged to back his legislation imposing tariffs on countries, such as China, buying discounted Russian oil, and designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over the abduction of Ukrainian children, as well as authorizing the seizure of tankers carrying sanctioned Russian crude oil.
The report added that almost four years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion, the United States, Europe, and Ukraine have agreed security guarantees aimed at preventing a future war. The NATO-like promises to protect Kyiv, the details of which have not been revealed, were hailed as the platinum standard by American officials, buoyed by the apparent success of two days of negotiations in Berlin. The US wants the deal to be ratified by the Senate to make it legally binding, in the manner of Washington’s bilateral defence pacts with Japan and South Korea.
The report also stated that Russia has repeatedly rebuffed peace efforts, raising doubts about whether Putin intends to end the war at all. Graham argued that if Moscow again refuses a deal, the US must dramatically change the game. Trump was urged to back his legislation imposing tariffs on countries, such as China, buying discounted Russian oil, and designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over the abduction of Ukrainian children, as well as authorizing the seizure of tankers carrying sanctioned Russian crude oil.
The report added that almost four years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion, the United States, Europe, and Ukraine have agreed security guarantees aimed at preventing a future war. The NATO-like promises to protect Kyiv, the details of which have not been revealed, were hailed as the platinum standard by American officials, buoyed by the apparent success of two days of negotiations in Berlin. The US wants the deal to be ratified by the Senate to make it legally binding, in the manner of Washington’s bilateral defence pacts with Japan and South Korea.