Reps. Don Bacon and Brian Fitzpatrick are leading demands that the White House reinstate sanctions on Russia and restore critical military support to Kyiv. Bacon warned that Republicans will refuse to support Trump's legislative agenda for the rest of the congressional session unless the administration changes course, while Fitzpatrick pledged to push for public congressional hearings and budget cuts for US agencies involved in restricting Ukraine's access to SpaceX's Starshield satellite network.
The Capitol Hill dispute follows Ukraine's largest drone attack of the war on St. Petersburg on Sunday, which killed one person, injured 15, and defied US demands to halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure seven days after Trump announced an energy ceasefire. Fires damaged three storage tanks and destroyed one at the 12.5 million ton a year Petersburg Oil Terminal, which handles about 5% of Russia's pre-war refined product exports, burned over 10,000 square meters of an Ozon warehouse, and struck a VK data center and adjacent 330 kV substation, cutting power to 20,000 people and leaving the social network with severe connectivity disruptions on Monday.