A bipartisan bill in Congress would enable President Trump to slap "bone-crushing sanctions" on Russia, says Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

In announcing a new weapons package for Ukraine and a ceasefire deadline for Putin, President Trump reversed his previous stance towards Russia’s invasion. But will the weapons have the intended effect for Ukraine,

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President Trump is applying pressure on Moscow by restoring weapons pipelines to Ukraine and imposing tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, in an effort to weaken Russia’s war economy

To appreciate the dramatic shift in President Donald Trump’s policy towards Ukraine, consider two scenes in the Oval Office, months apart:

"Unlike past direct sanctions, secondary tariffs extend US reach globally, targeting Russia's trade partners. If enforced, they could affect at least 30-40 percent of Russia's oil sales, destabilizing its economy and rippling through global energy supplies," he warned.

As Russia's progress in Ukraine has stalled, with enormous losses in material and people, the frustrated head of the Wagner mercenary force Yevgeny Prigozhin has called for Russia to shift to a ...

Russia's economic survival hinges on ... Since Moscow's Ukraine invasion in 2022, its economic success is chiefly thanks to ... and are now seeing huge upside from the production shift.

Within days of Russian forces invading Ukraine in early 2022, architect Oleh Drozdov made up his mind: ... War upends Ukraine's economy in a shift that may be permanent. By Olena Harmash.

Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.