As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the US Capitol, a majority of senators from both parties voted to advance legislation intended to strike at the economic foundations of Russia's war.

The US Senate advanced sweeping Russian energy sanctions legislation as Ukrainian President ⁠Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Capitol, seeing the vote as a tribute to the bill's author, the late Senator Lindsey Graham, on the day of his funeral.

The US Senate took its first formal step towards a sweeping Russia sanctions bill as Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched from the Capitol gallery. The move pairs stronger support for Ukraine with a fresh Washington debate over giving the president wider tariff powers.

One of the aides said the Senate also was expected to begin voting as soon as during Zelenskiy's visit on a bill to impose sanctions on Russia that was championed by Graham.

All 100 members of the ​Senate have been invited to a meeting on Tuesday evening ‌with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when he is ⁠in Washington ​for the funeral of ⁠late Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The Senate will begin voting during his visit on a Bill to impose sanctions on Russia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.