Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak and the Ukrainian delegation held a series of meetings with US senators in Washington. The negotiations concerned military cooperation, strengthening sanctions against Russia, and the return of deported Ukrainian children.
The US Senate Appropriations Committee approved the 2026 defense spending bill, which provides for the allocation of approximately $1 billion to support Ukraine. This funding is included despite its absence from the Donald Trump administration's budget request.
Three Democratic senators have launched an investigation into the absence of new US sanctions against Russia during the first five months of the Trump administration. They state that this allows Putin to continue the war in Ukraine and call for increased pressure on the aggressor.
Donald Trump believes that new US sanctions may force Russia to withdraw from peace talks on Ukraine. The US is not stopping arms supplies, but there is no talk of new aid packages yet.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with his "lookalike," Democratic Senator Chris Coons, during a visit to the United States. The politicians took a photo together and joked about their resemblance.
