{"id":71766,"date":"2026-07-12T14:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=71766"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:58:09","slug":"us-senator-lindsey-graham-visited-a-secret-ukrainian-military-drone-factory-just-one-day-before-his-sudden-death-allegedly-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=71766","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b>&#8220;US Senator Lindsey Graham visited a secret Ukrainian military drone factory just one day before his sudden death allegedly on Saturday&#8221;<\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71767\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-12-at-2.57.01-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-12-at-2.57.01-PM.png 583w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-12-at-2.57.01-PM-300x262.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>US Senator Lindsey Graham visited a secret Ukrainian military drone factory just one day before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/12\/us-news\/south-carolina-sen-lindsey-graham-dead-at-71-after-brief-and-sudden-illness\/\">his sudden death Saturday<\/a>\u00a0evening age 71.<\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina Republican toured a production facility belonging to Ukrainian defence company SkyFall as part of his trip to Ukraine\u00a0 \u2014 hours before the announcement of his death from a sudden illness,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2026\/07\/11\/8043595\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukraine Pravda reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Graham, 71, also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as did his House of Representatives colleague, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX).<\/p>\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/12\/us-news\/lindsey-graham-toured-top-secret-ukrainian-drone-factory-days-before-his-death\/#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 3 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"1\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39960737\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/us-senator-lindsey-graham-visited-134177403.jpg?w=682\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/us-senator-lindsey-graham-visited-134177403.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 853w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/us-senator-lindsey-graham-visited-134177403.jpg?resize=40,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 40w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/us-senator-lindsey-graham-visited-134177403.jpg?resize=53,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 53w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/us-senator-lindsey-graham-visited-134177403.jpg?resize=39,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 39w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/us-senator-lindsey-graham-visited-134177403.jpg?resize=104,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 104w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/us-senator-lindsey-graham-visited-134177403.jpg?resize=33,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 33w\" alt=\"Lindsey Graham holding a SkyFall P1-SUN drone.\" width=\"393\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">Senator Lindsey Graham visited a production facility belonging to Ukrainian<br \/>\ndefense company SkyFall as part of his trip to Ukraine.<span class=\"credit\">SkyFall<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>On Friday, Graham said he reached an agreement with the White House on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/10\/us-news\/trump-administration-greenlights-legislation-to-exact-a-heavy-price-on-buyers-of-russian-oil-and-gas\/\">Russia sanctions bill\u00a0<\/a>that the Trump administration is prepared to support.<\/p>\n<p>Graham was shown around a plant where Ukraine\u2019s deadly Vampire bomber drones, also known as \u201cBaba Yaga,\u201d are manufactured.<\/p>\n<p>He said the US can learn a lot from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/09\/world-news\/ukrainian-drones-batter-russian-oil-facilities-set-more-oil-tankers-ablaze\/\">Ukraine\u2019s advancements in UAV technology.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/12\/us-news\/lindsey-graham-toured-top-secret-ukrainian-drone-factory-days-before-his-death\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/12\/us-news\/lindsey-graham-toured-top-secret-ukrainian-drone-factory-days-before-his-death\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71768,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71766\/revisions\/71768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}