Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines not too long ago visited Ukraine and described the Russian invasion as "brutal."
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Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines informed Fox Information on Monday that his current journey to Ukraine was horrifying however necessary, in that it was key for a US official to be on the bottom.
Daines mentioned his go to revealed the brutality of Putin’s troops, and that a few of the worst scenes had been in Bucha, about 20 miles exterior Kyiv.
“These are photos that no person ought to ever must see of their lifetime… You can see the brutality of the Russians leveling these residential [areas]; That is the place [civilians] had been simply dwelling their lives, after which they had been brutally murdered by the Russians,” he mentioned.
Shallow mass graves had been prevalent in Bucha, he mentioned, recounting witnessing Ukrainian coroners exhuming our bodies to find out specific causes of demise.
“They opened [one] bag up. They requested me to take a glimpse. [With a] temporary take a look at I may see a bullet wound at the back of the top of a person. I noticed the physique of a girl in one of many luggage. It's brutal. These are conflict crimes and it was essential,” he mentioned.
Daines referenced the very fact United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a number of other different world leaders or high officers have been to Ukraine in current weeks – mentioning a “noticeable absence” from the US.
That, he mentioned, is why it is vital he went.
“No person in the US when it comes to the US elected official or appointed particular cupboard has been there. I believed it was necessary to make that journey. It was a harrowing journey, Sean,” he informed host Sean Hannity.
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