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US senators in Ukraine promise continued aid ahead of winter
AP, via ABC News.com ^ | November 3, 2022 | SAM MEDNICK

Posted on 11/03/2022 12:38:11 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Two U.S. senators met with families in Ukraine's capital Thursday and promised continued humanitarian support for the war-torn country as winter nears.

Democrat Chris Coons of Delaware and Republican Rob Portman of Ohio emphasized their commitment to the people of Ukraine while visiting a distribution center in Kyiv and speaking to families bracing for a dark, cold season with inadequate heating and electricity.

Ukrainian authorities say Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have knocked out 40% of the country's energy system, cutting off power for tens of thousands of people. Although crews make repairs as quickly as possible, it's not certain they will be able to keep up with the damage.

“Russia has responded to Ukraine's success on the battlefield by once again attacking not on the battlefield, but attacking the civilians of Ukraine. Trying to turn off the lights, turn off the heat, turn off the water. It's cowardly. It's brutal,” Portman said at a news conference. “We cannot let this stand.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: europe; nato; ukraine; war
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Comrade Putin shouldn't get his hopes up then...
1 posted on 11/03/2022 12:38:11 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

It’s suck that we are starting to take in whole countries as “refugees”.


2 posted on 11/03/2022 12:39:50 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Nanzi! Cough up the Hammergate security video!)
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To: Timber Rattler

Putin can careless.

It’s us US citizens that don’t the US to continue to dump our taxpayer money into a blackhole that care, propaganda peddler.


3 posted on 11/03/2022 12:41:07 PM PDT by cranked
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How about promising to close the southern border of their own country?


4 posted on 11/03/2022 12:41:08 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: cranked

don’t want*


5 posted on 11/03/2022 12:41:27 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Timber Rattler

The next term will be like 2014: a GOP Congress authorizing more than a Democrat POTUS will deliver.


6 posted on 11/03/2022 12:42:41 PM PDT by lodi90
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“continued aid ahead of winter” with who's money?
And just how do these two clowns propose to keep sucking money out of American tax payer pockets with at least a Republican House majority?
7 posted on 11/03/2022 12:42:44 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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“continued aid ahead of winter” with who's money?
And just how do these two clowns propose to keep sucking money out of American tax payer pockets with at least a Republican House majority?
8 posted on 11/03/2022 12:42:45 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: robowombat

How about kicking Russian corruption and influence out of Europe? That is both the morally right thing to do and beneficial to the US economically. Or we can Make Russia Great Again. Decisions, decisions.


9 posted on 11/03/2022 12:44:20 PM PDT by lodi90
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How about promising to close the southern border of their own country?

To get any money to be spent to protect the US southern borders, the southern sates will have to get into a war with Russia.
Chuckle.

10 posted on 11/03/2022 12:45:45 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: lodi90
Poland just salivating at carving a piece of Ukraine up.
11 posted on 11/03/2022 12:45:48 PM PDT by cranked
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To: robowombat

Hey Portman you useless POS. Just stay in Ukraine. Your Senate gig is up 1 Jan so DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT COMING HOME TO OHIO!!!!


12 posted on 11/03/2022 12:46:14 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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America first.


13 posted on 11/03/2022 12:47:44 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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How about kicking Russian corruption and influence out of Europe?

I am far more concerned about the massive Ukraine corruption in Washington DC, especially involving the Biden family going back a decade at least.

14 posted on 11/03/2022 12:48:24 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: Timber Rattler

Cannot wait until Portman is GONE.


15 posted on 11/03/2022 12:50:25 PM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Timber Rattler

Commitment by a “lame duck” Portman?


16 posted on 11/03/2022 12:50:56 PM PDT by FarCenter
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“NASA is sharing the sound of a Blackhole....and they named it”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK_J05Bx3h8


17 posted on 11/03/2022 12:51:45 PM PDT by cranked
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America first.

Exactly. These senators need to promise to take care of Americans at home before they worry about flushing money down the Ukraine commode.

18 posted on 11/03/2022 12:54:54 PM PDT by viewfromthefrontier
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To: Timber Rattler

We here in the Buckeye are very proud to have our own communist Senator Portman . He proudly votes with the democrat block to insure the destruction of our great state and nation . Yay ! Portman !


19 posted on 11/03/2022 12:55:12 PM PDT by David Moser
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To: Timber Rattler

GIBS-ME-DAT $Billions more!


20 posted on 11/03/2022 12:55:28 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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