India, July 29 -- The US bill to advance sweeping sanctions on major buyers of Russian energy has been carefully crafted to mainly target and impose tariffs up to 100 per cent on India and China, both of which are the "main culprits" in fuelling Moscow's war machine, US Senator Roger Wicker said.

The Lindsey Graham sanctions bill, named after its co-author and the late US senator, will not hit any of US' allies, Wicker said. The controversial bill was advanced during a procedural vote by the senators on Tuesday.

"It is carefully crafted to make sure we are not hitting our allies and that we are hitting China and India," he said at a press briefing.

"Let's be really blunt. China and India are the main culprits here. They purchase the va...