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American volunteer fighter Ishman, 26, poses for a photograph during an interview with AFP in an undisclosed location in the Zaporizhzhia region, on January 26, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United States has been Ukraine's biggest military backer since Russia invaded in February 2022, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying they would have lost the war without that support. But in the US, 67 percent of Republicans believe Washington is doing too much to assist Kyiv, compared to 11 percent of Democrats and 35 percent of independents, according to a December 2024 Gallup poll. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)