While meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top Ukrainian leaders, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham gleefully stated that “Russians are dying… it’s the best money we’ve ever spent.”

As one retired general is quoted as saying, the “(All-Volunteer Force) is facing its most serious crisis since Nixon created it.”

A Russian lawmaker suggested the country launch a pre-emptive missile attack on Alaska in a television segment that surfaced just as Senator Lindsey Graham appeared to say Russian deaths from United States’ funding to Ukraine was “the best money we’ve ever spent.”

The return to civilian life can be an extreme challenge for men and women who have served in the military, veteran Jim Lorraine says.

“What you have to understand, when you move from the military back into the civilian world, you’re really not just changing a job, you’re changing a culture,” explains Lorraine, president of America’s Warrior Partnership. 

Russia has fired a fresh barrage of drones and missiles aimed at the Ukrainian capital. This was the second major assault on Kyiv in the last 24 hours. Kyiv says it destroyed at least 40 drones and cruise missiles fired by Russia.

Today, we celebrate Memorial Day. What does that mean? Unfortunately, for many citizens, it signifies just another three-day weekend, the beginning of the summer season, and an excuse for a weekend cook-out. Sadly, we have lost even the vestiges of the meaning of this holiday: a solemn time, serving both as catharsis for those who fought and survived, and to ensure that those who followed would not forget the sacrifice of those who died that the American republic might live.