NEW!!! Germany's Merz pushes back on Trump calling for Russia's G7 return
"We are not sitting here in this format with warlords and not with war criminals, which is why Putin has no place at this table," Merz said.
Alex Raufoglu
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Senior Washington Correspondent for @RFERL | Covering US foreign policy, Eastern Europe and beyond | @AmericanU 🎓| AlexRaufoglu.01 on Signal | Tweets=personal
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Joined February 2011
- NEW!! Ukrainian opposition leaders reject U.S. suggestions of wartime election 1/2
- HAPPENING NOW!!! Key GOP Congressman Mike Rogers warns against Pentagon plans to reportedly cut thousands of troops from Europe “Congress has not been consulted” he says “Putin is NOT our friend” he warns
00:00 - NEW!! @RepStenyHoyer nails it! "Not once has NATO threatened to invade Russia. That is NOT Putin’s fear. No, he is afraid that NATO will stand in the way of Russia invading others." 1/2
- NEW!!! European Leaders after talking to Trump: “It will be up to Ukraine to make decisions on its territory. International borders must not be changed by force.” 1/2
- HAPPENING NOW!! Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ tonight, as diplomats gathered in the lobby to clap out their laid off colleague, some of which have served for decades 👇🏻
00:00 - THIS!!! EU says russian sanctions will NOT be lifted until full withdrawal from Ukraine
- THIS!!! Leading Republican Senator Mitch McConnell on Ukraine peace talks 👇 “I’ve heard that Ukraine needs to be prepared to ‘do difficult things’. I’m curious which difficult things our frontline partners haven’t been doing for the past three years… Like defending
- NEW!! U.S. House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Jim Himes issues a statement calling withholding lifesaving intelligence from Ukrainians ‘unforgivable.’ 👇🏻
- THIS!!! Switzerland decides to join the EU sanctions against Russian propagandist media.
- WATCH!!! “If russia invades NATO allies, are you going to recommend to the President that we fulfill our Article 5 obligations?” — Democrats press SecDef Hegseth 👇🏻
00:00 - NEW!! 40 U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to stop supporting putin’s illegal war in Ukraine: "The best way to end the war in Ukraine is to support Ukraine with arms, not give aid and comfort to Russia, its puppets and client states, and dictators around the world"









