Lindsey Graham said at a meeting with Zelenskyy that “the dying of the Russians” is the “best money the US has ever spent”.

US Senator Lindsey Graham said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev last week: “Russians are dying” and “it’s the best money we’ve ever spent”.

Graham also called on the Biden administration to increase aid, and Zelenskyy thanked the US for its decision to support an international fighter jet coalition that would provide Ukraine with much-anticipated F-16 jets.

The Republican senator’s shocking comments came on his third visit to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last year. According to this, America has provided more than 70 billion US dollars in aid so far Ukraine support tracker.

Shortly after his visit, the Russian ambassador in London warned that continued support from the West would lead to an escalation.

US Senator Lindsey Graham paid Ukraine a third visit since the Russian invasion last February. He is pictured on Friday at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential office, released footage of Graham’s May 26 meeting with Zelenskyy. In a tweet he thanked Graham for his visit to Ukraine and for the military support.

The video showed the South Carolina state senator sitting with the president and other officials and discussing the ongoing war and the situation on the front lines.

“Free or die,” said Zelenskyy. “Now you are free, and we will be.”

“And the Russians are dying,” Graham replied, before the video switched to him saying, “The best money we’ve ever spent.”

“Thank you very much,” said the Ukrainian President.

According to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, during the meeting they also discussed “further joint efforts to counter the Wagner Group’s criminal activities” and “the possibility of redirecting the $5.4 million seized assets of Russian oligarchs.” to rehabilitate Ukrainian war veterans. ‘

Graham said that “the Russians were dying” and that “it’s the best money we’ve ever spent.” After the meeting, he urged the Biden administration to provide more aid to Ukraine

Graham said the Russian military would target “holy hell” in the forthcoming counteroffensive

In a tweet on Friday, Ukraine’s Attorney General Andriy Kostin said he was “deeply grateful” for Lindsay’s support

During a press conference later during Graham’s trip to Kiev, he called on the Biden administration to provide Ukraine with more weapons.

He also said that the Battle of Bakhmut was not over and that history was being made.

“I expect the Ukrainian counter-offensive to produce results in the coming days and weeks, and I’m here to tell you that the final chapter of the Battle of Bakhmut has yet to be written,” Graham said.

“I’m here to tell you that holy hell is about to be thrown at the Russian military,” he added. Battle has been raging in Bakhmut for months, and Moscow has claimed control of parts of the city.

Graham also warned that failure by the US to provide sufficient support would send a signal to China that they could invade Ukraine as well.

“The F-16 will be important.” “It’s not a magical weapon, but combined with other weapons it will be crucial,” Graham said.

“My message to the Biden administration is, ‘I appreciate what you’ve done, you need to do more.’ turn offensive,” he said.

Andrei Kelin (left) told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg (right) on Sunday that NATO countries’ actions risk prolonging and triggering a “new dimension” to the war

Russia’s ambassador to the UK last week warned of an escalation in the war in Ukraine as Western allies provide more weapons to support Ukraine’s recent offensive.

Andrei Kelin said that the actions of the NATO countries entailed the risk of a prolongation and a “new dimension” of the war.

He said Russia had “enormous resources” and that although the war had been raging for over a year, he claimed his country had not yet “started to act very seriously”.

The ambassador also responded to the mounting evidence of Russian war crimes, claiming that Ukraine was the one that committed war crimes. He then said the United Nations had no authority to investigate war crimes.

His comments came after Kiev faced the biggest drone strike since the war began overnight, local officials said.