2026年7月28日，美国参议院以86票赞成、12票反对的绝对优势通过了一项旨在制裁俄罗斯并授权总统对俄石油和天然气主要进口国征收高额关税的法案。此前数小时，特朗普在白宫会见了乌克兰总统泽连斯基，双方关系出现显著回暖。自2022年2月俄乌冲突爆发以来，根据基尔世界经济研究所的数据，美国已向乌克兰提供了超过1300亿美元的直接援助，其中包括740亿美元的军事装备与支持。尽管在特朗普第二任期内尚未通过新的重大援助法案，且官方曾两次暂停武器交付，但参议院共和党人将此次制裁法案的推进归功于特朗普对俄立场的转变。
美乌关系的改善在很大程度上源于特朗普对乌克兰军事能力及自主研发成果的高度赏识。在7月8日安卡拉举行的北约峰会上，特朗普赞扬了乌克兰深入俄罗斯境内的远程无人机打击能力。作为双边国防工业合作的一部分，两国已达成协议在美国本土建立新工厂，专门按照乌克兰的技术蓝图生产无人机，同时还就许可生产“爱国者”防空拦截弹达成了协议。此外，随着特朗普逐渐认清俄罗斯方面的虚假宣传，包括罗拉·卢默在内的极具影响力的MAGA阵营活动家也在访问乌克兰后公开发声，敦促白宫加大对乌支持力度。
尽管华盛顿会晤取得了实质性突破，乌克兰仍面临着极其严峻的冬季考验，俄军对乌克兰城市的导弹与无人机袭击仍在持续。为打破僵局，特朗普的特使斯蒂夫·维特科夫与库什纳计划近期首次前往基基辅重启和谈，但前景依然不明朗。目前制裁法案仍需通过众议院的表决，而部分议员担忧关税政策可能推高美国国内汽油价格。尽管如此，从过去被特朗普指责为“毫无筹码”，到如今通过展示军事韧性与工业合作赢得外交主动，泽连斯基在华盛顿展现出了出色的外交策略。
On July 28th, the United States Senate voted 86 to 12 to advance legislation imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing the president to levy high tariffs on primary importers of Russian oil and gas. Hours prior to the vote, Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, signalling a major thaw in bilateral relations. According to data from the Kiel Institute, the United States has supplied over $130 billion in direct aid to Ukraine since February 2022, which includes $74 billion dedicated to military equipment and support. Although no major new aid packages have been enacted during Trump's second term and his administration has twice paused weapons shipments, Senate Republicans attributed the bill's legislative momentum to Trump's evolving strategy.
The shift in Washington's stance is largely driven by Trump’s growing respect for Ukraine’s self-reliant military capabilities and long-range strike operations. Speaking at the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8th, Trump commended Ukraine’s deep drone strikes into Russian territory as a catalyst for bringing Russia to the negotiating table. To leverage this expertise, defense-industrial cooperation has expanded to include constructing a manufacturing plant in the United States that will produce drones based on Ukrainian blueprints, alongside a licensing agreement for Patriot air-defense interceptor missiles. Furthermore, influential MAGA figures such as Laura Loomer visited Ukraine and subsequently repudiated Russian propaganda, adding pressure on the White House to back Kyiv.
Despite positive diplomacy in Washington, Ukraine faces severe infrastructural threats ahead of winter as Russian missile and drone bombardments persist. To reactivate dormant peace negotiations, presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to travel to Kyiv for their first official talks, though prospects for an immediate breakthrough remain limited. The sanctions measure must still clear the House of Representatives, where concerns linger over potential domestic gas price inflation driven by energy tariffs. Nonetheless, after previously being characterized by Trump as having "no cards," Zelensky has successfully leveraged military innovation to reshape American foreign policy in Ukraine's favor.
Source: Donald Trump is warming to Volodymyr Zelensky
Subtitle: The man with “no cards” plays a deft hand
Dateline: 7月 30, 2026 05:36 上午 | Washington, DC