US Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the Republican Party's most influential voices on foreign policy and among Ukraine's strongest supporters in Washington, died on July 11 after what his office described as a "brief and sudden illness."He was 71. No cause of death was immediately disclosed.The South Carolina Republican spent more than two decades in the US Senate, where he built a reputation as an outspoken advocate of an assertive American role abroad.During Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022, Graham emerged as one of Kyiv's closest allies in Washington, pressing successive US administrations to provide more military assistance, tighten sanctions on Moscow, and maintain pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.More to follow....