U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome yesterday, and Zelenskyy was expected to meet with other U.S. officials to discuss further U.S. sanctions on Moscow, specifically the Graham-Blumenthal legislation to impose 500% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. AP notes that the move would have huge ramifications for China and India. “Don’t just watch Russia terrorize people in Ukraine. Act now to defund Russia’s war machine,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on Telegram.
The Kellogg-Zelenskyy meeting took place on the eve of the fourth international meeting on reconstruction in Ukraine, taking place in Rome July 10 and 11.
