North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis responded with pushback after President Donald Trump on Wednesday made inflammatory remarks about Ukraine.

From left U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Thom Tillis and Michael Bennet speak during press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) made a floor speech in the Senate this week after President Donald Trump alleged that Ukraine started the war with Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine starting in 2014 and continued with a full-scale invasion in 2022.

The world is watching. The strength of our alliances are on the line and the future of democracy and the world is on the line if we do anything less than defeat Vladimir Putin.’

Lawmakers in both parties are expressing skepticism of President Trump’s expected deal to share Ukraine’s mineral wealth, warning it will need a strong buy-in from Ukrainian President Volodymyr

Senators from the Republican Party of the United States are divided over the agreement with Ukraine on minerals, according to The Hill. Some senators welcome the upcoming agreement and consider it a potential victory,

By John Hood There is room for reasonable debate about how the United States should respond to the current Russo-Ukrainian War and other challenges to our longstanding interests and alliances in Europe,

NC, on the Senate floor Thursday and broke from the president and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a cancer. Sen. Tillis also pushed back on Trump's comments blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine.

The opinions of Republican senators in the United States of America (USA) are divided on the minerals agreement with Ukraine. This has been reported by The Hill.

Sen. Thom Tillis speaks out against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the carnage in Ukraine with a Senate floor speech just one day after President Donald Trump criticizes the Ukrainian president.

Bipartisan U.S. senators introduce a resolution reinforcing support for Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion.