As the US Senate prepared to vote on a sweeping bipartisan sanctions package targeting Russia and Iran, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a co-sponsor of the legislation, said the measure reflects renewed bipartisan resolve to squeeze the Kremlin war machine and reinforce support for Ukraine.

If it passes, the bill would affect several major countries that currently trade with Russia, and those effects should be factored into US planning.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet on Tuesday evening at the U.S. Capitol with a bipartisan group of Senators who co-authored Senator Lindsey Graham's…