High stakes meetings just kicked off between U.S. and Russian leaders as the Trump administration tries to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) all recently took a trip to Ukraine, according to a page on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s website.

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.’

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

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.’

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.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is emerging as one of the Democrats’ top targets in the battle for the Senate after voting for all of President Trump’s most controversial nominees. Democrats view

Thom Tillis and Lindsey Graham, senior senators for the Carolinas, are strong supporters of Ukraine in their war against Russia. They both told reporters in recent days that Vladi

A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators will offer a resolution backing Ukraine on Monday, amid fears that President Donald Trump could make a deal with Moscow that leaves Kyiv on the sidelines three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.