A bipartisan group of American lawmakers visited Kyiv on Friday and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who urged them to make sure a tough new sanctions law against Russia is enforced.

The delegation included Republican Sens. Roger Wicker and Kevin Cramer, Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey and Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw, the Kyiv Post reported.

"Of course, we are counting on the Lindsey Graham law being implemented," Zelensky said. "This is a matter of political will." President Trump signed that law, which targets Russia's energy and defense industries and the money networks behind its war, on September 18.

An air raid alert lasted through the whole meeting because of drone threats, Zelensky said. He told the lawmakers Russia is attacking cities more because "Russia is not getting what it wants on the battlefield."

He also asked Washington to speed up licenses so Ukraine can help build Patriot air defense missiles. "Ukraine is ready not just to produce ballistic interceptors for itself, but to strengthen America and its allies," he said.

The visit landed on the same day Trump moved the other way on sanctions. After a call with Vladimir Putin, Trump announced Russia could sell diesel into world markets, and the Treasury issued a license allowing it through April 2027.

That upset members of both parties. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a co-author of the sanctions law, said the move ran against what Congress intended and warned companies thinking of buying Russian fuel: "Congress is watching."

Hours after the meeting, a Russian strike killed seven people in the city of Zaporizhzhia.

What we know: Lawmakers from both parties heard Zelensky's case in person.
What we don't: Whether Congress will push back on the diesel license.