That included a Monday joint statement from Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal calling Trump’s threat of ramped-up economic penalties if Russia doesn’t cut a peace deal in next 50 days “a real executive hammer to drive the parties to the negotiating table.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed gratitude for U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to send more weapons to Ukraine, particularly Patriot air defense missile systems