Sen. John McCain, who has emerged as the chief opponent within the Republican party to Donald Trump’s warming relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, underscored his tough stance Saturday by spending New Year’s Eve at a forward combat outpost with Ukrainian troops.
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USA Today: McCain visits frontline Ukraine troops in anti-Putin gesture
A handout photo released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service shows Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C), the Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, US Senator John McCain (C-L) and US Senator Lindsey Graham (C-R) posing during their working trip to the Donetsk region to congratulate the Ukrainian marines on the upcoming New Year in Shyrokine village on December 31, 2016.The President together with the delegation of the US Senators visited the frontline positions of the Ukrainian Naval Forces of Ukraine, which holds the defense line in Shyrokyne. / AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / MIKHAIL PALINCHAK / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / MIKHAIL PALINCHAK" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
