WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) yesterday travelled to Kyiv, Ukraine to express support from the U.S. Congress and help Ukraine and its leaders achieve victory against Russia's brutal and unjust invasion. While in Ukraine, the senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and members of his cabinet, and visited Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital and a power plant to observe the scale of Russia's attacks against Ukraine. The senators also held a press conference before returning to Poland.
"As we approach the four-year mark of Vladimir Putin's illegal, barbaric invasion of Ukraine, the immense bravery of the Ukrai...