Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a GOP presidential candidate, made a surprise visit to Ukraine and met with President Zelenskyy.
support for Ukraine, according to a pool report, as the Republican Party becomesChristie, the second 2024 Republican presidential candidate to visit Ukraine, after former Vice Presidentdid so in June, said he hoped to get a firsthand look at the wartime atrocities that the country has experienced.
"I am an advocate for there being more aid to Ukraine," Christie said, according to the pool report, adding that he hoped U.S. aid would help Ukraine win against Russia in the war.Christie also visited the once Russian occupied city of, where he met with the town's mayor, Anatoliy Fedoruk, as well as Moshchun, another area that has seen intense fighting.
"I don’t think there’s anyone in our country who would come here and see this and not think this is the kind of the things we need to stand up and prevent," Christie said."We need to give them the means necessary to fight."Michael Mitsanas is a Los Angeles-based journalist. His reporting has appeared in The Diplomat Asia Pacific, NBC News, NBC OUT, NBC News NOW, and MSNBC.
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