Ukraine outpaces U.S. military in managing uncrewed battlefield warfare - Senator Lankford

Republican Senator James Lankford said after visiting Kyiv that Ukraine leads the world, including the United States, in managing uncrewed airspace and producing weapons systems at scale. He met with President Zelenskyy for 20 minutes alongside Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, where Zelenskyy pressed for faster secondary sanctions on Russia.

Lankford could not offer a timeline for Senate action, saying only that the House plans to take up the bill in September — a schedule he admitted is outside his control. The sanctions push, originally co-authored by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, has already been diluted once, with proposed tariffs on Russian oil buyers cut from 500% to 100% after White House pressure.

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