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Putin trying to seize ‘land bridge’ to Crimea, says Ron Johnson

By Joel Gehrke
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Putin trying to seize ‘land bridge’ to Crimea, says Ron Johnson

A top Seante Republican on Thursday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to seize key Ukrainian cities that would grant him a “land bridge” to the annexed peninsula of Crimea.

“That strategy is very clear,” Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who chairs the Foreign Relations subcommittee for Europe, told the Washington Examiner. “It’s pretty obvious what Putin’s doing.”

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