- Four-term U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham died at 71 following a sudden illness, two days after celebrating his birthday and meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
- Graham was in Ukraine to discuss bolstering air defenses and expressed optimism about a Ukrainian victory
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