A damning report from the Senate minority claims that, after three years of pressure, the number of new sanctions and export controls “dropped to zero” in the first six months of new administration.

WASHINGTON, DC – A new and damning report from the minority staff of the US Senate Committees on Banking and Foreign Relations alleges that the Trump administration has “abruptly halted” the economic pressure campaign against Russia, a move that is said to be undermining Ukraine’s leverage and emboldening the Kremlin.

Titled ‘Dropping the Baton’, the report, reviewed by Kyiv Post on Sunday, claims that after three years of consistent and rising pressure from the United States and its G7 partners, the new administration’s “pattern of inaction over the past six months is clear.