On July 14, 2025, local time, U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham claimed that a turning point in the Ukraine-Russia conflict is coming, and the U.S. Congress is considering passing a bill that would grant the President of the United States, Trump, the right to impose a 500% tariff, so that the President of the United States, Trump, could impose a 500% tariff on countries that help Russia. U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham claimed that this would weaken countries supporting Russia and achieve Trump's plan to end the Ukraine-Russia war. U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham said that according to the information he has obtained, the Russian military has received a large amount of weapons (should say the artillery shells and weapons provided by North Korea), and countries economically helping Russia, including China, India, and Brazil, will face a 500% tariff, while India resells Russian oil at a low price, and China will not be able to purchase cheap Russian oil in the future. As a pro-Ukrainian U.S. senator, Graham claimed: "Trump has been trying for months to persuade Russian President Putin to hold peace talks, but now the door is about to close. We will hold accountable those countries supporting Russia and impose further sanctions on Russia." Graham claimed that Russia is about to face a difficult period. India and China buying and using Russian resources are all in their own currencies, with China using RMB and India using rupees. What can the U.S. use to sanction? Does the U.S. now have the right to collect a 500% tariff? For Russia, how much more difficult can it get? Can it be worse than 2022? Hasn't Russia already faced enough sanctions?

The U.S. wants to sanction Russian oil, but it would be more practical to intercept and seize Russian oil tankers at sea. However, this has already been anticipated by Russia: On July 13, the Russian Navy sent warships to escort oil tankers through the Baltic Sea. The Russian Navy's 20380-class missile frigate "Boiky" escorted the oil tanker "General Skobelev" and the cargo ship "Sparta" through the Great Belt Strait. The Russian military was showing a strong attitude, ready to fight at any moment. Who dares to seize or block them? The NATO navy and the Danish navy could prevent Russian warships and oil tankers from passing through the strait, as the narrowest part of the Great Belt Strait is only 16 kilometers, and there is also a bridge over the strait. Denmark is not daring or willing to completely break with Russia.

Ukraine once disposed of its nuclear weapons, remote missile weapons, intercontinental missile silos, and even sold the Varyag. Now it is always begging for help, being exploited, and relying on other countries to maintain its territory. Even if the current U.S. President Trump chooses to support Ukraine, can the U.S. turn the tide of the battlefield in Ukraine?

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