WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, released the following statement Friday regarding a United States peace proposal to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine:

“Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool. If administration officials are more concerned with appeasing Putin than securing real peace, then the president ought to find new advisors. Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests. And a capitulation like Biden’s abandonment of Afghanistan would be catastrophic to a legacy of peace through strength.”

CNN reported Friday that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky stated today that the country is at “one of the most difficult moments” of its history.

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