WASHINGTON >> Congressional Republicans who view Ukraine as a bulwark against Russian aggression are openly blasting President Donald Trump’s team for an approach they argue amounts to appeasing the Kremlin in a bid to swiftly draw the conflict to a close.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky feuded on social media on Tuesday with Vice President JD Vance, a key player in the ongoing talks, scolding him in a series of posts for defending an emerging deal that McConnell argued would not secure Ukraine and would play into Russia’s hands.

“A deal that rewards aggression wouldn’t be worth the paper it’s written on,” McConnell, the longest-serving Senate Republican leader and one of his party’s most vocal proponents of U.S. support for Ukraine, wrote in conclusion. “America isn’t a neutral arbiter

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