There was a small Republican contingent in Congress that repeatedly sided with Russia’s wishes. Now, evidently, it’s Donald Trump’s turn.

Kristen Welker opened her interview with Mullin by asking him to acknowledge that Putin was at the very least "responsible for starting the war in Ukraine."

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.

A clip of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) brutally dismantling the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man to be trusted, as Donald Trump has claimed, is indicative of how the majority of GOP lawmakers are privately appalled at Trump's Russia cheerleading.

CNN's Brianna Keilar was shocked Friday as a former Green Beret-turned Republican congressman refused to knock Trump for his comments aimed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On Thursday, Trump referred to the leader of the war-torn nation as a "dictator,

GOP officials who have supported Ukraine are trying to balance their opposition to Russia while remaining loyal to Trump.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), a moderate Republican, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should not be forced to accept any peace agreement with Russia that falls short of his country’s

Russian dictator Vladimir] Putin is now asking for a new election in Ukraine, conducted in a specific manner that he can influence, so that he can install his puppet and accomplish that

I disagree. I think Vladimir Putin [did.]” The only GOP senator to seemingly offer both support for Trump and the premise of his statements on Ukraine and Russia was Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt.

Sens. Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn sat on a Munich stage alongside Ukraine’s president last weekend and reiterated their long-standing support for the war his country has waged against invading Russian forces.

In Moscow, there’s plenty of speculation that Musk could quickly become to Trump what Boris Berezovsky was to Putin. Two alpha males, many argue, cannot coexist in the same den.