WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, traveling to Kyiv, Ukraine, with other senators to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, called for united support of the Ukrainian war effort.
Though Murkowski’s trip is one of several that members of Congress have taken to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, it comes as some Republicans’ support for U.S. assistance to Ukraine has declined. Prominent Republicans, including former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, have said they oppose U.S. support for Ukraine.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Zelenskyy, Murkowski, a Republican, urged bipartisan support for Ukraine. She was joined on the trip by Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Mark Kelly of Arizona as well as country singer Brad Paisley, who’s one of several ambassadors for Ukraine’s UNITED24 wartime fundraising effort.
