Former Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that the best way to end the war in Ukraine is for Congress to pass a major economic sanctions bill against Russia along with continued military aid to Kyiv.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., are backing the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, which has 84 co-sponsors in the Senate. It would implement up to 500% tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil and natural gas and do not help Ukraine, as well as other sanctions on Russia and countries that do business with it. Companion bipartisan legislation sponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., has been introduced in the House, and it has 89 co-sponsors.

“If we pass those secondary sanctions, [Russian President] Vladimir Putin will understand that we could literally break their economy and by providing continued military support for Ukraine, that combination of efforts, I think, is the best pathway to peace,” Pence said, according to The Hill.

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