Pressure Instrument on Russia: US senators demand to give Ukraine $ 300 billion

This is one of the first cases where senators of the Republican Party are trying to press on new authorities to support Ukraine. Reuters wrote about it on March 24. The letter with the relevant content was sent to the State Secretary of Mark Rubio on March 21, just before the negotiations between the US and Russia delegations in Saudi Arabia. Under the document, the Republican Senators of Todd Young and Lindsi Graham, as well as Democrats Richard Blumental and Tim Kane, set their signatures.

"How does the administration be used to use all financial instruments available to increase pressure on Russia to end the war?" The senators asked. In particular, the question was considered whether the administration considers that assets frozen in the US and the EU should be used as a tool for pressure on Russia for the end of the war, and if so, how.

They also asked whether the US administration was planning to develop a strategy aimed at encouraging the European Union, the Great Seven countries (G7) and other allies to use sovereign Russian assets. In addition, the senators wondered whether the administration of Russian sovereign assets under the control of the US to purchase weapons for Ukraine would support.

Journalists consider this a rare case where high-ranking officials are publicly pressed on Trump administration, demanding a stringent policy on Russia. It is also noted that even Republicans who previously supported the pro -Ukrainian position after the US rapprochement with Russia after Trump's inauguration remained silent on this issue. However, earlier members of the United States Congress repeatedly spoke for the confiscation of Russian assets for the restoration of Ukraine.