Senator McCain says U.S. stands with Ukraine against Russia


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  • Sunday, 01 Jan 2017

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L) greets U.S. Senator John McCain during a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, December 30, 2016. Mykola Lazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

KIEV (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator John McCain promised on Saturday continued support for Kiev in the face of aggression from Moscow, as he spent New Year's Eve on the front line in Ukraine's eastern conflict zone.

McCain was one of a bipartisan group of 27 U.S. senators who sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump in December, urging him to take a tough line against Russia over what they termed its "military land grab" in Ukraine.

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