Former vice president Mike Pence made a surprise trip to Ukraine on Thursday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and sought to reinforce his support for the country in its war with Russia.
“We need to make sure that we provide the Ukrainian military what they need to push back on and defeat Russian aggression here,” Pence told reporters. “We’ll make it clear to Russia, to China and any other nations in the world that would seek to redraw international lines by force, that the free world will not stand for it. The free world will stand together for freedom. And it’s my great honor to help deliver that message here in Ukraine today.
Pence so far is the only GOP presidential candidate to visit Ukraine. The trip also took place days after Putin faced aA recent Pew poll found that 44 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said the United States was providing too much aid to Ukraine, an increase from 40 percent in January. A June national poll from Quinnipiac University found 52 percent of Republicans view supporting Ukraine as in the United States’ national interest.
Pence made the trip with Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical Christian aid group, the adviser said. The group’s chief operating officer, Edward Graham, accompanied Pence on the visit.
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