U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Victoria Spartz on Thursday visited Kyiv and its suburbs, which have been occupied by Russian troops. They are the first U.S. officials who arrived in Kyiv since the beginning of the war.
Source: U.S. Senators
“Nothing can substitute for actually being here, seeing it first-hand, spending time with the people and leaders here in Ukraine who have been horribly affected by this war,” Mr. Daines said in an interview, standing on a heap of rubble from an apartment building that had collapsed on its inhabitants in the town of Borodyanka.
The two senators also observed an exhumation of a mass grave in Bucha, a town northwest of Kyiv where hundreds of bodies were found on the streets after Russian forces retreated.
“It’s everywhere,” he said. “We’ve been driving for miles and miles and miles, seeing death and destruction caused by Vladimir Putin in this evil invasion.”
“I hope that our visit will encourage more American officials and leaders to come, to stand with the people of Ukraine,” Mr. Daines said, while Ms. Spartz said it was “important to show our support, to show we care.”
