Lindsey Graham: “So, if you were the separatists or Putin, and you really wanted to…”

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

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Lindsey Graham: “So, if you were the separatists or Putin, and you really wanted to punish the government in Kiev, that would be a move…”