McConnell and GOP senators visit Zelenskyy in Ukraine
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senators Susan Collins, John Cornyn and John Barrasso traveled to Kyiv to visit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The U.S. Embassy tweeted about the senators' visit to Ukraine Saturday and posted video of their meeting with Zelenskyy.
"Welcome to Ukraine," the translated tweet addressed the senators. "We are together with Ukraine."
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Editor's note: Some testimony contains graphic language and descriptions of sexual and physical assault.
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