Russia-Ukraine war: GOP senators demand Biden sanction alleged Putin cronies plotting Zelenskyy assassination
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Sen. Joni Ernst, of Illinois, and four other Republicans are asking for investigation and sanctions against Russian Wagner Group amid reports mercenaries are in Kyiv to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukrainian servicemen walk as fire and smoke rise over a building following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. Russia has launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling. ((AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)) A Ukrainian serviceman walks as fire and smoke rise over a building following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. Russia has launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling. ((AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)) A building burns after shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. Russia has launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling. ((AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky))
They also asked for economic sanctions imposed through the Department of Treasury’s Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) "pursuant to Executive Order 14024 on the Wagner Group, including Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin, and Konstantin Pikalov, as well as any other known affiliates."