Lindsey Graham Urges US to Declare Russia ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism,’ Asks F-16s to Be Sent to Ukraine

Senior U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is pressuring the Biden administration to declare Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism” and send F-16 fighter jets to aid the Ukrainian military in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Sen. Graham’s requests, if granted, represent a significant escalation in military support from the United States to Ukraine. It comes a day after Vice President Kamala Harris formally declared Putin’s Russia to have committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine.
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“They need the weapons system,” Graham said on ABC’s “This Week” program aired on Sunday, Feb. 19—referring to Ukraine.
“We’re talking about the vice president of the United States declaring that Russia is involved in crimes against humanity in Germany of all places, echoes of World War II. How can you say that—and she is correct—and not give the victim of the crime against humanity the defensive weapons they need to stop the crime?”…}