“Congress can vote to ensure that the U.S. acts from a position of strength.”

— Gregory P. Wilson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps has completed the third stage of Operation Vivaldi on the Lyman front: 2,000 Russian personnel lost and more than 250 soldiers taken prisoner.

To break through the strongest Russian fortifications near Nove, Ukrainian forces used robotic kamikaze vehicles converted from Soviet-era BTR-60 armored personnel carriers.

China is the world's largest oil importer and one of the main buyers of Russian oil.
What is the fate of H.R. 5334?

The American Ukraine Committee has released a new report, "Ukrainian Strikes and American Sanctions: Emptying the Tank of the Russian War Machine."

We prepared it as a reference for congressional offices working on Russia sanctions: a sourced, 15-page picture of what sanctions and Ukrainian strikes have actually done to the Kremlin's energy revenue through August 2026.

Please reach out to your Representative today and thank them for supporting this bill. Then, let's start monitoring the bill and pushing for weapons for Ukraine.

Today, September 16, the U.S. House of Representatives holds its final vote on the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. If the House approves it today, the strongest package of sanctions against Russia in years will go straight to the President's desk.

Every meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group produces a list. The 36th, held this week with nearly fifty countries on the call, produced a shorter and more specific one than usual: 300 Patriot interceptors, released from existing stockpiles, now. Not ordered, not contracted, not scheduled for a future production year. Taken off a shelf somewhere in Europe or the United States and flown to Ukraine before the cold arrives.

Congress has tried three times in two years to pass sweeping sanctions legislation on Russia. Each version carries the same core purpose: cut off the money and materials that fund Russia's war on Ukraine. Each version also changes the mechanics in ways that matter for how fast the bill can act and how hard it is to unwind.

Here is what actually moved between H.R. 2548, H.R. 6856, and H.R. 10076, the bill now sitting in the House with eighteen cosponsors and three weeks left to grow that list.