When Congress passed the Russian sanctions bill, it was a cross-party display of American support for Ukraine.
Donald Trump’s decision last night to block those sanctions was his latest show of support for Russia’s dictator.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says it “rewards” Putin, encouraging him to continue the war.
He was responding after another day and night of Russian airstrikes on energy facilities across Ukraine.
The sanctions were set to start Sunday but Trump said he was vetoing them in the United States “national interest”’.