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Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold · Best of: Features

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  Zelenskyy urged supporters for new U.S. Sanctions on Russia, put on hold.
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  By Trump. Written by Susie Bland and Katie Marie Davies. This article
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  is being read by an automated voice generated by Everlett. Kyiv, Ukraine,
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  the AP, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged supporters Saturday to speak out
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  in favor of new US sanctions against Russia, hours after President Donald
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  Trump signed an executive order putting the sweeping restrictions on hold. The
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  White House decision has heightened fears that Ukraine could be left exposed
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  to Moscow's escalating attacks as winter approaches. In a social media statement,
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  Zelensky called Trump's decision unfortunate, But avoided directly criticizing the U.S. Leader
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  despite deepening tensions between Ukraine and Washington in recent days. A decision
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  was unfortunately made in America to completely disregard the Lindsey Graham Act,
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  which was supposed to impose truly effective pressure on Russia to bring
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  this war to an end, Zelensky wrote. This act could have helped
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  enormously, and still can. But it needs to actually work, and every
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  voice in support of it matters. He separately thanked Democrats and Republicans,
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  who supported the legislation, saying that blocking it would encourage Russia to
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  continue killing, and that limiting Ukraine's ability to retaliate would not bring
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  peace. Nevertheless, we very much hope, and I personally hope, that the
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  President of the United States of America We’ll do everything possible to
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  make Russian President Vladimir Putin stop the killing, stop the attacks on
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  our energy infrastructure, and end this war, he said. Trump told reporters
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  Saturday that the don't know what his decision is yet regarding sanctions
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  in Russia despite then executive order he signed Friday night waiving sanctions,
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  citing a US national interest. We'll figure it out, and you'll figure
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  it out. But it's a very good decision, and it's going to
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  be a decision that's good for the country, and I think good
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  for the world, Trump said at a fundraising dinner at his Florida
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  estate. He the didn't answer any follow up questions, and the rest
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  of the dinner was closed to the press. Asked about contacts with
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  Washington, Zelensky said.
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  Ukraine's lead negotiator, Rustam Umarov, had met Friday with U.S. Presidential Envoy
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  Jared Kushner, Trump's son in law. Zelensky said the US was working
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  to arrange a three way meeting involving him, Trump and Putin, potentially
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  in the Middle East, Europe, or the United States. Overnight Russian attacks
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  killed at least four people, including an ambulance driver and wounded dozens,
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  officials said. Critics say Trump's decision helps Putin. Named after late
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  South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, the legislation had sought to clamp down
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  more quickly on the flow of financial resources fueling Russia's four one
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  two year old war against Ukraine. The bill, had sought to sanction
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  Russian officials, banks, and a shadow fleet of tankers that keeps Russian
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  energy moving. Trump personally signed the legislation just last month, and his
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  move came just two days before a deadline set in the law
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  itself for its implementation. Trump’s
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  told Congress that the pause was in the national interest, but gave
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  no further details. Senator Richard Blumenthal, who co drafted the bill, criticized
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  Trump's move, saying the President was turning his back on the majority
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  of Americans, their representatives in both houses of Congress, and our European
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  allies. These waivers have nothing to do with our national security, and
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  everything to do with sucking up to Vladimir Putin, Blumenthal said. Trump's
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  unexpected decision comes a week after he had agreed to purchase diesel
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  from Russia to try to bring down global energy prices, despite that
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  potentially hurting Ukraine. Republicans and Democrats alike say the purchase will help
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  Russia execute its war against Ukraine, without making a difference to global
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  fuel prices, which are elevated mostly due to Trump's war on Iran.
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  Starlink restrictions were planned, Zelensky says. Zelenskyy
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  said that Kiv was investigating sudden speed restrictions on Ukraine's use of
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  StarShield, they military grade version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which
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  is the backbone of Ukraine's drone operations and communication. The restrictions imposed
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  without warning early Thursday cut the Internet data connection when a communication
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  terminal moves faster than one hundred and sixty kilometers per hour, one
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  hundred miles per hour. The CAP forced Ukrainian drones to fly slower
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  than usual, making it easier for Russian weapons to target or evade
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  them. Zelensky said that there were no similar restrictions in European Union
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  countries, and that they apply only to Ukraine. In other words, this
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  is a planned operation, he said. It was unclear who was responsible.
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  SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said this week that the US
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  government owns and controls the system, with decisions about its use resting
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  with the US military and ultimately the President. The Pentagon has not
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  answered questions from the Associated Press about the restrictions. Trump told reporters
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  Friday that he did not ordered restrictions on the system. He also
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  doubted that the disruption came from Musk. Well, I don't know if
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  it was anybody, but it wasn't me, and I don't think it
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  was Elon, Trump said. And from what I understand, it's They same
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  as it's always been. On Saturday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said
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  the White House was not behind They reduction in service to SpaceX's
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  Starlink. It wasn't deliberate, he told reporters before departing for Uzbekistan. We
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  had nothing to do with it. The United States nobody ordered that
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  Starlink speed to be slowed down. Rubio, who also serves as Trump's
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  national security advisor, added It sort of happened. Rubio, though, said.
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  Ukraine’s does not have access to the Pentagon owned military grade star
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  shield system. I know Ukraine wants access to Starshield. They do not
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  have Star Shield now. They've asked for access to it in order
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  to conduct deep strikes inside of Russia. They do not have access
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  to it at this moment. Those are two different products, he said.
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  Kyiv reports a massive energy strike. Moscow carried out a massive strike
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  on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, targeting more than fifteen sites across the country,
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  Zelensky said. The sheer scale and unrelenting pace of Russian strike specifically
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  against our energy sector, are unfortunately having severe consequences, he said. Ukraine's
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  Air Force said. It intercepted all four of Russia's cruise missiles and
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  most of the three hundred and thirty two attack drones it fired
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  overnight. Russia's heavy bombardment of the power grid ahead of winter has
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  been an annual feature of the war, aimed at wearing down Ukraine's
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  appetite for the fight by denying civilians heat and running water. Ukrainian
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  officials have warned that Russia is stockpiling ballistic missiles for more attacks
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  in the coming months. Russian attacks killed three people in the Ukrainian
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  city of Slovyansk, Vodim Lyak, head of the city military administration, said
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  Saturday. A Russian strike also killed an ambulance driver in Ukraine's Kherson
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  region, head of the local military administration Yaroslav Shankov said. The strike,
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  which used guided bombs, wounded at
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  least thirty three others, he said. Romania downs two drones over Black
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  Sea. Romania's Ministry of National Defense said Saturday that its pilots had
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  shot down two drones over the country's territorial waters in the Black
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  Sea. Two F sixteen S were scrambled at five forty three PM
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  local time after radar systems detected a group of aerial targets moving
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  southwest, approximately one hundred and twenty kilometers east of Snake Island, the
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  Ministry said. The drones entered the NATO members airspace around six PM
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  and were shot down minutes later. Both aerial targets were identified as
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  drones and were shot down over Romania's territorial waters, the Ministry said.
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  It later identified the drones as jet powered and from Jaren family,
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  which are types of drones Moscow has used in Ukraine. The incident
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  follows a spate of drone attacks on at least seven cargo vessels
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  off the Black Sea coasts of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria in
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  October. Scores of drones have crossed into Romanian airspace over the past
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  two years, with officials attributing many of the incursions to Russia. Romania
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  first shot down drones this year, marking its first such action since
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  Moscow invaded neighboring Ukraine. Davies reported from Manchester, England. Associated Press
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  Writer Stephen McGrath contributed from Leamington Spa, England. Follow the AP's coverage
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  of the war in Ukraine at