Victoria Spertz, the first Ukrainian woman in the US Congress, loses the election to the House of Representatives. She represented the Republican Party and voted against aid to Ukraine. In Indiana's 5th District, the Chernihiv-area native edged out Democrat J. Dee Ford. After counting 93% of the votes, he won 51.6%, Spartz - 48.4%. After the full-scale invasion, Spratz was among the first in Congress to call for aid to Ukraine. In the spring of 2022, she arrived here six times, and in January 2023, she asked to supply missiles to the armed forces. Everything changed at the end of 2023: Spretz criticized the draft aid law to Ukraine, and in the spring of 2024 she delayed her examination and finally refused to vote for it. Before that, she criticized Volodymyr Zelensky and demanded control over American aid. Babel told why her position changed here. Photo: Getty Images / "Babylon".

Victoria Spertz, the first Ukrainian woman in the US Congress, loses the election to the House of Representatives. She represented the Republican Party and voted against aid to Ukraine. In Indiana's 5th District, the Chernihiv-area native edged out Democrat J. Dee Ford. After counting 93% of the votes, he won 51.6%, Spartz - 48.4%. After the full-scale invasion, Spratz was among the first in Congress to call for aid to Ukraine. In the spring of 2022, she arrived here six times, and in January 2023, she asked to supply missiles to the armed forces. Everything changed at the end of 2023: Spretz criticized the draft aid law to Ukraine, and in the spring of 2024 she delayed her examination and finally refused to vote for it. Before that, she criticized Volodymyr Zelensky and demanded control over American aid. Babel told why her position changed here. Photo: Getty Images / "Babylon".