Volodymyr Zelensky says the Lindsey Graham Act "could have helped enormously — and still can!"

Speaking in Kyiv on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Washington’s decision to waive sanctions tied to the Lindsey Graham Act would encourage Moscow, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the law’s energy-related penalties; Trump had also announced a deal with Vladimir Putin to allow Russian diesel exports in return for looser restrictions. Zelensky noted the U.S. move came as Russian strikes hit 15 Ukrainian power-generation sites, killing at least two people and wounding others, and he argued that the law had been intended as meaningful leverage against Moscow and still had value. Russian officials celebrated the move, with one envoy calling it historic, according to the report, while the Kremlin and Putin had not yet responded. Ukraine has been trying to strengthen its defenses ahead of winter.