Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday in a show of solidarity with the country and to witness the aftermath of the Russian invasion.
The two Republicans are the first elected U.S. officials known to have visited the country since the start of the war on Feb. 24. The duo traveled from Kyiv to Bucha, a city near the Ukrainian capital where numerous bodies have recently been found in mass graves.
“What we saw today was shocking … to see these shallow graves and to watch these investigators … extracting these bodies of women, of small children, civilians across the board, it’s mind-numbing,” Daines told reporters in Bucha.
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