{"id":1439960,"date":"2022-04-15T10:15:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439960"},"modified":"2022-04-15T10:17:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T14:17:46","slug":"gop-lawmakers-steve-daines-victoria-spartz-visit-ukraine-war-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-steve-daines-victoria-spartz-visit-ukraine-war-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Steve Daines, Victoria Spartz Visit Ukraine War Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-lawmakers-steve-daines-victoria-spartz-visit-ukraine-war-zone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Two Republican members of Congress travelled Thursday to Ukraine, the first U.S. officials known to have gone to the country since Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines and Republican Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz went to Kyiv and Bucha, two cities devastated by the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile meeting with leaders in NATO countries bordering Ukraine, I was invited to meet Ukrainian officials in Kyiv and Bucha and see firsthand the butchery and war crimes committed by Putin,\u201d Daines said in a statement. \u201cThere is indisputable evidence of Putin\u2019s war crimes everywhere \u2014 the images of shallow mass graves filled with civilians, women and children are heart-wrenching.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/14\/cnn-host-weeps-names-children-killed-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: CNN Host Weeps On Live Air As She Reads The Names Of Children Killed In Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we saw today was shocking. It was numbing,\u201d Daines <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLeadCNN\/status\/1514738072310661128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>, adding that he visited mass graves in Bucha, Ukraine, and saw investigators digging up the bodies of women and children.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7410982\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7410982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Steve Daines<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/mayor-ukraines-bucha-says-403-bodies-found-so-far-2022-04-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Tuesday that 403 bodies had been discovered in the city after Russian forces retreated, but the number was growing.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/12\/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-committing-genocide-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Tuesday Russia\u2019s actions in Ukraine amounted to a \u201cgenocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWhat we saw today was shocking. It was numbing.\u201d GOP Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveDaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SteveDaines<\/a> shares what he says is the crime scene on the ground in Bucha, Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pK71qI86TG\">pic.twitter.com\/pK71qI86TG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLeadCNN\/status\/1514738072310661128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_7410983\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7410983\" class=\"wp-image-7410983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/71a5b22c-f4ab-4556-bd77-1c7e28a843631.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/71a5b22c-f4ab-4556-bd77-1c7e28a843631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/71a5b22c-f4ab-4556-bd77-1c7e28a843631-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/71a5b22c-f4ab-4556-bd77-1c7e28a843631-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/71a5b22c-f4ab-4556-bd77-1c7e28a843631-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/71a5b22c-f4ab-4556-bd77-1c7e28a843631-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/71a5b22c-f4ab-4556-bd77-1c7e28a843631-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7410983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Steve Daines<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Daines said he also met with Fedoruk who showed him his home \u201ccompletely destroyed by the Russians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis war will not end until the Ukrainians have the lethal aid they need to defeat the Russians,\u201d Daines added.<\/p>\n<p>Spartz did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EugeneDaniels2\/status\/1514777469500289029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">responded<\/a> Thursday Biden will not be travelling to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Republican members of Congress travelled Thursday to Ukraine, the first U.S. officials known to have gone to the country since Russia\u2019s invasion.Republican Montana Sen. 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