European leaders and officials from Ukraine and Israel have expressed condolences following the sudden death of US Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday at the age of 71, writes POLITICO. Graham, a prominent Republican figure in Washington and a longtime advocate of tougher measures against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, had recently returned from an official visit to Kyiv before his death.

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

The US Republican senator died of a sudden illness, his office said. He was 71.

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