The U.S. has given Ukraine more than $46.6 billion in military support since the beginning of 2022.
Zelensky thanks the senator in English for the support America has provided to Ukraine, before stating:"Free or die, now we are free."The video then shifts to a different camera angle, and Graham adds:"Best money we've ever spent."According to Russia's state-controlled TASS news agency, he said:"It's hard to imagine a greater shame for the country than having such senators.
Graham's remarks also sparked a furious response from Maria Zakharova, who heads the press department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference at an open air exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles in Kyiv, on May 26, 2023. The senator described U.S. military aid to Ukraine as the"best money we've ever spent" during a meeting with Zelensky.In a post on Telegram, where she has 521,000 followers, Zakharova repeated Graham's remarks, before claiming the financial investment by American companies into Nazi Germany"led to World War II and the Holocaust.
She continued:"Now, billions of US dollars are pouring into the insatiable throat of the neo-Nazi Kyiv regime. In this regard, I would like to remind the senators and all American beneficiaries how the previous adventure ended."
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