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On the recordMarch 2, 2015
So, if you were the separatists or Putin, and you really wanted to punish the government in Kiev, that would be a move you would make.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham suggests isolating Mariupol as a tactic to harm Ukraine's government.

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