In making the unannounced trip, the former vice president became the first GOP presidential candidate to meet with the Ukrainian leader during the campaign.
said they would be less likely to back a candidate who supports sending more funding and weapons to Ukraine, while just 28% said they would be more likely.
"We'll let the polls and the politics take care of themselves, but for me it was important to be here to better understand what the people of Ukraine have endured, the mindless violence that was perpetrated on them in an unprovoked invasion by the Russian military and the progress that they've made in pushing back that military," he added.
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