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McConnell heads to Kyiv and becomes the latest U.S. official to meet with Zelenskyy

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stands for a photo with King Abdullah II of Jordan, not pictured, and fellow members of the US Senate at the US Capitol in Washington DC on May 10, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stands for a photo with King Abdullah II of Jordan, not pictured, and fellow members of the US Senate at the US Capitol in Washington DC on May 10, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Updated May 14, 2022 at 2:26 PM ET

LVIV, Ukraine — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell joins a list of U.S. leaders who have visited Ukraine, heading a delegation of four Republican senators to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.

Zelenskyy described Saturday's visit as "a strong signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine from the United States Congress."

Sens. Susan Collins, John Cornyn and John Barrasso joined McConnell on this trip, which came amid a hold-up in the Senate over a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine.

Other top U.S. officials to have met with Zelenskyy in Ukraine include:

  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken
  • Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
  • The meeting took place as Zelenskyy's government announced it had forced Russian troopsaway from the country's second-largest city, Kharkiv.

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