John McCain died

In the United States, at the 82nd year of his life, Republican Senator John McCain died, reports The New York Times. Last summer, McCain found a malignant tumor of the brain.

According to the Senator’s office, he died at about 16:28 in the time of Washington (8:28 Moscow time) in his house in Arizona.

Since last year, McCain took place of chemo- and radiation therapy. Despite the disease, he continued to work in the Senate: on July 25, he appeared in the upper house of Congress after the surgery on the brain and voted for the abolition of healthcare reform carried out by Barack Obama; McCain's voice became decisive. Subsequently, he worked for some time in the Senate Committee on Armed Forces. However, already in December, McCain, due to health reasons, could not attend the vote regarding the tax reform proposed by the Republicans (he supported this law). The Senate approved her.

On Friday, McCain said that he decided to abandon further treatment.

The senator’s funeral will be held in Annapolis, Maryland. According to CNN, citing friends of the Senator family, US President Donald Trump is not invited to the funeral. In May, McCain stated that he would not want Trump to be present at his funeral. The ceremony will be visited by former US presidents George Bush Jr. and Barack Obama.

"My deepest sympathy and respect for the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers with you!" - wrote Trump on Twitter. Former and current American politicians in their messages speak of outstanding McCain merits to America.

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expressed condolences: "The sad news for the entire Ukrainian people - a great friend of Ukraine, Senator John McCain, died. We will never forget his invaluable contribution to the development of democracy and freedom in Ukraine and the support of our country. Sympathy for the family and the entire American people."

The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu called McCain "the great American patriot and great supporter of Israel." “His support for Israel has never weakened,” Netanyahu said. “The state of Israel gives honors to John McCain.”

“The Georgian people lost a great friend who has always been with our country,” said Georgian President George Margvelashvili. According to him, in Georgia "they will never forget the support that John McCain provided with the process of development and strengthening the Georgian state." Margvelashvili called McCain the "national hero of Georgia."

“I regret to accept the news of the death of John McCain, a real American patriot and a proven friend of Poland, a tireless keeper of freedom and democracy, a person ruled in politics,” the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moravetsky wrote on Twitter.

McCain was an irreconcilable critic of the Putin regime, supported the introduction of strict anti -Russian sanctions, and publicly supported the Russian opposition. The senator opposed the Russian invasion of the Crimea and the Donbass for providing Ukraine with lethal weapons. McCain harshly criticized Trump for his attempts to establish relations with the Putin regime.

The future senator was born on August 29, 1936 at the air base of the US Air Force "Coco Solo" in Panama. His father and grandfather were the admirals of the US Navy. McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis by becoming a military pilot in 1958. In 1962, during the Caribbean crisis and sea blockade of Cuba, McCain served on the Enterprise aircraft carrier.

In the spring of 1967, a young pilot was sent to Vietnam. On October 26, 1967, the McCain plane was shot down during an operation to bombard the positions of the Severovetnamian troops. Before the signing of a peace agreement between the United States and North Vietnam in March 1973, McCain was captured, where he was tortured.

In 1973-74, McCain underwent rehabilitation from the consequences of wounds and captivity, in 1974 he was appointed to the educational air squadron, in 1977 he became a naval communication officer under the Senate, but already in 1981 he left military service.

In 1982, McCain joined the Republican Party, in 1982 he became a member of the House of Representatives, and in 1986 he got into the Senate for the first time, where he took place in each subsequent elections. In 2008, McCain was a presidential candidate from the Republican Party and lost to Barack Obama. In 2015-2018, he headed the Senate Committee on Armed Forces.