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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Max Hunder and Sergiy Karazy

U.S. senators visit Kyiv to promote Russia 'state sponsor of terrorism' bill

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are greeted by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 7, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Two U.S. senators seeking to pass a law designating Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism" visited Ukraine’s capital on Thursday to discuss the bill with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Republican Lindsey Graham told Reuters in a joint interview with Democrat Richard Blumenthal that the bill would put Russia in "the category of Iran, Syria and North Korea." Graham said he believed it could get near-unanimous support in the U.S. Senate.

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