Senators Visit Odesa, Push New Russia Sanctions
February 19, 2026·6 days ago·via WWLP

A group of Democrat U.S. senators, including Jeanne Shaheen, Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris Coons, and Richard Blumenthal, lands in Odesa, Ukraine's vital port city, to rally for harsher sanctions on Russia. They meet Ukrainian officials, border guards, and U.S. business leaders while getting briefed on Russian drone strikes ravaging infrastructure and Black Sea security threats.
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