Zelenskyy urges support for US sanctions on Russia after Trump pauses them

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged support for new U.S. sanctions against Russia on Saturday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing a sweeping sanctions package, raising fears Ukraine could face escalating Russian assaults as winter approaches. Zelenskyy called the pause unfortunate but avoided direct criticism of Trump, noting the legislation named after late Sen. Lindsey Graham was meant to pressure Russia to end the war. Russian overnight attacks killed at least four people in Ukraine, including an ambulance driver, while Ukrainian drones killed a woman in Russia's Belgorod region and disrupted flights at Moscow airports. Trump told Congress the pause was in the national interest without details, while Sen. Richard Blumenthal accused him of "sucking up to Vladimir Putin." The decision follows Trump's announcement that the U.S. would purchase Russian diesel, and Russia launched 332 attack drones and four cruise missiles at Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight.