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U.S. Senators Graham (R- South Carolina) And Blumenthal (D- Connecticut) Make Fifth Visit To Ukraine Since 2022.

Since 24 February 2022, within the 117th United States Congress and 118th United States Congress, 21.0% of the United States Senate have visited Ukraine and 10.1% of the United States House of Representatives have visited Ukraine.

Thus, 12.1% of the members of the 117th United States Congress and 118th United States Congress visited Ukraine since 24 February 2022.

117th United States Congress (3 January 2021 to 3 January 2023)
118th United States Congress (3 January 2023 to 3 January 2025)

United States Senate

(100 Members- 48 Democrats, 3 Independents (all caucus with Democrats), 49 Republicans)

Visited Ukraine Since 24 February 2022
Democrat- 12
Independent- 1
Republican- 8

Amy Klobuchar (D- Minnesota)
Angus King (I- Maine)
Charles Schumer (D- New York)
Christopher Coons (D- Delaware)
Elizabeth Warren (D- Massachusetts)
Jack Reed (D- Rhode Island)- Visited Twice
James Risch (R- Idaho)
John Barrasso (R-Wyoming)
John Cornyn (R-Texas)
Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina)- Visited Five Times
Lisa Murkowski (R- Alaska)
Maggie Hassan (D- New Hampshire)
Mark Kelly (D- Arizona)
Joe Manchin (D- West Virginia)
Michael Bennet (D- Colorado)
Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
Richard Blumenthal (D- Connecticut)- Visited Five Times
Rob Portman (R- Ohio)- Visited Twice; Retired
Sheldon Whitehouse (D- Rhode Island)
Steven Daines (R- Montana)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)

States Represented
Alaska
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
West Virginia
Wyoming

12 August 2024 (Kyiv)- Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina), Richard Blumenthal (D- Connecticut), United States Senate

6 April 2024 (Kyiv)- Joni Ernst (R- Iowa), United States Senate

23 February 2024 (Lviv)- Charles Schumer (D- New York), United States Senate Majority Leader; Jack Reed (D- Rhode Island), chairman of United States Senate Armed Services Committee; Richard Blumenthal (D- Connecticut); Michael Bennet (D-Colorado); Maggie Hassan (D- New Hampshire)

23 August 2023 (Kyiv)- Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), members of the United States Senate

28 May 2023 (Kyiv)- Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina), United States Senate 

12 April 2023 (Kyiv)-Mark Kelly (D- Arizona), Lisa Murkowski (R- Alaska), Joe Manchin (D- West Virginia), members of the United States Senate 

20 January 2023 (Kyiv)- Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina), Richard Blumenthal (D- Connecticut), Sheldon Whitehouse (D- Rhode Island), members of the United States Senate 

6 January 2023 (Kyiv)- Jack Reed (D- Rhode Island), Angus King (I- Maine), members of the United States Senate 

3 November 2022 (Kyiv)- Christopher Coons (D- Delaware), Robert Portman (R- Ohio; retiring; second visit), members of the United States Senate 

31 August 2022 (Kyiv)- Amy Klobuchar (D- Minnesota), Rob Portman (R- Ohio), members of the United States Senate  

7 July 2022 (Kyiv)- Richard Blumenthal (D- Connecticut) and Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina), members of the United States Senate 

27 June 2022 (Kyiv)- James Risch (R- Idaho), the ranking minority member of the United Sates Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 

30 May 2022- (crossed into Ukraine at border with Moldova) Rob Portman (R- Ohio), United States Senate 

14 May 2022 (Kyiv)- Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), Minority Leader of the United States Senate; Susan Collins (R-Maine), United States Senate; John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), United States Senate; John Cornyn (R-Texas), United States Senate 

14 April 2022 (Kyiv)- Steven Daines (R- Montana), United States Senate

117th United States Congress (3 January 2021 to 3 January 2023) 

118th United States Congress (3 January 2023 to 3 January 2025)

United States House of Representatives

(435 Members- 221 Republicans, 214 Democrats)

Visited Ukraine Since 24 February 2022
Democrat- 20
Republican- 24

Abigail Spanberger (D- Virginia)
Adam Schiff (D- California)
Adam Smith (D-Washington)
Ashley Hinson (R- Iowa)
Barbara Lee (D- California)
Betty McCollum (D- Minnesota)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania)
Celeste Maloy (R- Utah)
Christopher Stewart (R- Utah; Resigned September 2023)
Chuck Edwards (R- North Carolina)
Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas)
Darin LaHood (R- Illinois)
Darrell Issa (R-California)
Donald Norcross (D- New Jersey)
Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan)
Gregory Meeks (D- New York)
Jake Ellzey (R-Texas)
James French Hill (R- Arkansas)- Twice
James McGovern (D- Massachusetts)
James Panetta (D- California)
Jason Crow (D- Colorado)- Twice
Joe Wilson (R- South Carolina)
John Joyce (R- Pennsylvania)
Keith Self (R-Texas)
Madeleine Dean (D- Pennsylvania)
Max Miller (R-Ohio)
Michael McCaul (R-Texas)
Michael Turner (R- Ohio)- Thrice
Mike Quigley (D-Illinois)- Thrice
Mike Waltz (R-Florida)
Mikie Sherrill (D- New Jersey)
Nancy Pelosi (D- California)
Nathaniel Moran (R- Texas)
Richard McCormick (R- Georgia)
Ronny Jackson (R- Texas)
Steve Cohen (D- Tennessee)
Stephen Lynch (D-Massachusetts)
Tom Kean (R- New Jersey)
Tom Suozzi (D- New York)
Tony Gonzales (R- Texas)
Victoria Spartz (R- Indiana)- Thrice
Wiley Nickel (D- North Carolina)
William Keating (D- Massachusetts)
Zach Nunn (R- Iowa)

States Represented
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington

8 August 2024 (Kyiv)- Celeste Maloy (R- Utah), Donald Norcross (D- New Jersey), James Panetta (D- California), United States House of Representatives

1 July 2024 (Kyiv)-  Mike Turner R- Ohio), Ronny Jackson (R- Texas), Betty McCollum (D- Minnesota), Tony Gonzales (R- Texas), John Joyce (R- Pennsylvania), United States House of Representatives

22 April 2024 (Kyiv)- Tom Kean (R- New Jersey), Nathaniel Moran (R- Texas), Bill Keating (D- Massachusetts), Madeleine Dean (D- Pennsylvania), United States House of Representatives

6 April 2024 (Kyiv)- Ashley Hinson (R- Iowa); Chuck Edwards (R- North Carolina), Wiley Nickel (D- North Carolina), Tom Suozzi (D- New York), Michael Quigley (D- Illinois), United States House of Representatives

9 February 2024 (Kyiv)- Mike Turner (R- Ohio 10th District), Chairman- Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; French Hill (R- Arkansas), Jason Crow (D- Colorado), Abigail Spanberger (D- Virginia), Zach Nunn (R- Iowa)

30 October 2023 (Kyiv) James French Hill (R-Arkansas), Mike Quigley (D-Indiana), Stephen Lynch (D-Massachusetts), members of the United States House of Representatives

6 May 2023 (Kyiv)- Steve Cohen (D- Tennessee), Joe Wilson (R- South Carolina), Victoria Spartz R- Ohio), members of the United States House of Representatives 

3 April 2023 (Kyiv)- Michael Turner (R- Ohio), Chairman of the Intelligence Committee; Christopher Stewart (R- Utah); Richard McCormick (R- Georgia); Darin LaHood (R- Illinois), members of the United States House of Representatives 

21 February 2022 (Kyiv)- Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Darrell Issa (R-California), Keith Self (R-Texas), Max Miller (R-Ohio), Jake Ellzey (R-Texas), members of the United States House of Representatives 

23 July 2022 (Kyiv)- Mikie Sherrill (D- New Jersey), Adam Smith (D-Washington), Chairman of Armed Services Committee, Mike Waltz (R-Florida), Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan), Mike Quigley (D-Illinois), members of the United States House of Representatives 

4 June 2022 (Kyiv)- Victoria Spartz (R- Indiana), United States House of Representatives 

24 May 2022 (Kyiv)- Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania), United States House of Representatives 

30 April 2022 (Kyiv)- Nancy Pelosi (D- California), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Gregory Meeks (D- New York), Adam Schiff (D- California), James McGovern (D- Massachusetts), Jason Crow (D- Colorado), Barbara Lee (D- California), William Keating (D- Massachusetts) 

14 April 2022 (Kyiv)- Victoria Spartz (R- Indiana) 

War Timeline 

  • On 24 February 2022, the armed forces of the Russian Federation invaded and further invaded the territory of Ukraine in what Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (2000-2008 and 2012- ), defined as a Special Military Operation [SMO] then on 22 December 2022 he redefined as a war.  The initial invasion of Ukraine by the armed forces of the Russian Federation was in part from the territory of Belarus.   

  • The war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine did not commence on 24 February 2022.  The roots began their trajectories on 20 February 2014 when the armed forces of the Russian Federation invaded the Crimean Peninsula and the area known as the Donbas Region (Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast).