McConnell Counters ‘Isolationist’ Voices in GOP on Ukraine
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kyiv, on May 14, 2022.
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said after a visit to Kyiv that he expects the Senate to pass a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine with broad bipartisan backing on Wednesday, and countered what he called the “isolationist voices” in his own party.
McConnell, speaking to reporters on a call from Sweden, made the pledge after leading a group of Republican senators on Saturday to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who called for swift passage of the aid.