Former New Jersey governor and longshot Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie made an unannounced visit to Ukraine Friday — leaving many scratching their heads.
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Christie, 60, has become the second GOP candidate for president to visit Ukraine so far, following in the footsteps of Mike Pence, whoHe began the surprise visit by laying flowers at a mass grave in Bucha, where Ukraine claimed Russian troopers committed atrocities against the civilian population, and surveying wartime destruction in Irpin.
Chris, a practicing Catholic, also prayed for Ukrainian volunteers who were killed by invading Russians at the beginning of the war in the village of Moshchun. Christie also paid a visit to a child protection center in Ukraine’s capital, before meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky at the presidential palace and pledging his support for Ukraine.
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