Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., revealed in an upcoming interview that he apologized to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the delay in sending additional foreign aid to the embattled country.

“One of the things I apologized for is it’s taken too long,” McConnell said during a sit-down with “Face the Nation,” set to be released Sunday. “If you go back to the beginning of this administration, even though I support it obviously, the supplemental requests and worked hard to get Republican votes for it, this all started with the precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan. It’s like sending out a green light to all of the rogue regimes around the world that the Americans are going home.

“Number two, not giving the Ukrainians what they need soon enough. It didn’t just start with this administration. I mean, the Obama administration sent them meals ready to eat [after the 2014 invasion of Crimea]. That’s not exactly a way to defend yourself.”

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