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.

The South Carolina representative passed away on Saturday evening, according to a statement from his office.

Graham had just returned from Kyiv, Ukraine, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Mr Graham, 71, a veteran senator, is notorious for often urging the US to go to war, especially wars that favour Israel.

The Republican senator from South Carolina died of a sudden illness.

Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has died at the age of 71. — Ukrinform.

Republican Senator passed away from a brief and sudden illness