Top US senator urges weapons for Ukraine to fight 'invasion'

WASHINGTON: The head of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee called Sunday for supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight what he called a 'direct invasion' of the country by Russia.

'We should provide the Ukrainians with the type of defensive weapons that will impose a cost upon (Russian President Vladimir) Putin for further aggression,' Robert Menendez told CNN's 'State of the Union' talk show.