Overview

• Ukraine conducted drone strikes on military bases in the Irkutsk and Amur regions, striking bombers and other assets deep inside Russian territory.
• Sen. Lindsey Graham hailed the operation as a sign of Ukraine’s resourcefulness and warned that President Putin is preparing for a new offensive.
• The Senate is set to vote this week on Graham’s sanctions bill, which would levy 500% tariffs on buyers of Russian energy exports.
• Steve Bannon called on the White House to condemn Graham’s involvement and threatened to have him arrested if he continues “stirring it up” in Ukraine.
• The sanctions measure specifically targets major importers such as China and India in an effort to choke off funding for Russia’s military campaign.