Last week, Congresmen from Bucks supported Ukraine to the country, visiting soldiers on the front line, a meeting with the President of the Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky and signing a bullet addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, because the role that the US could play in any peace negotiations, remained vague.
Republican representative Brian Fitzpatrick, longtime defender of Ukraine WHO He was stationed in the country as an FBI agent in 2015He intended to show his support without the direct reconstruction of President Donald Trump, who in February had an icy meeting with Zelensky.
While Trump promised on the campaign trail that in the office of “Day One” he would end the war Russia began with Ukraine, criticized Ukraine many times and blamed the country for war. And his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said on Friday that Trump can “go” from peace conversations If there is no progress in the coming days.
“Many people talk a great game about supporting Ukraine. I am here in Kiev in Ukraine for one -on -one meetings with the President Zelensky himself, to make it happen” Fitzpatrick wrote on x During his journey.
Physical showing of support put him in a clear contrast with Trump, who often on Putin’s side in discussions about the conflict.
Fitzpatrick has published photos and video on the front line in a bulletproof camouflage vest.
He signed the artillery shell “to: Putin from: PA-1 #peacethroughstrengre”, saying that his “deep honor” was to provide “a very personal message of Vladimir Putin … on behalf of our PA-1 community.”
Fitzpatrick said that the only details that he could provide “that” the message was provided for the purpose. “
Fitzpatrick is one of the few Republicans in the Chamber who represent the district, which the former democratic vice president of Kamala Harris in the presidential election in November. Earlier he met with the chief of staff of Zelensky, condemned Putin and stood in Zelensky’s social media, but his journey drew attention to the conflict when Trump’s tariffs and other administrative policies took a central place in the United States.
“The stakes are global, and the path to the room is strength, unity and determination,” wrote Fitzpatrick on X. “It’s about standing high in the face of tyranny. It is about American leadership rooted in principle and patriotic common sense.”
Fitzpatrick said in a film published until the 10th early Saturday that he was on earth in Ukraine on the front of the front near the Russian border for several days, first with the artillery of the national guard in the country, and then with the third assault brigade, a company specializing in the fight with advanced technology.
Fitzpatrick said that he could not reveal his location to protect soldiers, but that the previously occupied Russian territory showed the type of destruction visible throughout the country. He called this the most brutal war zone he visited.
“It used to be a affluent forest. This is how the Russians do,” he said in the film. “They will simply compensate for buildings, massage the burning and destruction of civil areas. … It’s just a blunt trauma. They get you bodies.”
Fitzpatrick encouraged his members of the Congress to visit the front line and praised Ukrainian soldiers, comparing them with the fight against the war for the independence of the fight for American independence in 1776.
“They fight for freedom against brutal, oppressed strength. And we will always have their backs,” he said.
Fitzpatrick also met with Bridget Brink, a forwarding US ambassador in Ukraine, nominated by President Joe Biden, saying that “at a key moment of history he helped strengthen our alliance and commitment to Ukraine’s freedom.”
Fitzpatrick often avoided saying everything, good or bad about Trump. But as the chairman of the CIA home intelligence subcommittee, Chair of Congressional Ukraine Caucus and a former FBI agent sent in Europe, his frustration with Trump about Ukraine still shows.
Russian leaders have signaled that they were not going to rest, unless there are substantive territorial concessions from Ukraine.
Zelensky said that his country did not transfer Russia.
In recent days, Trump said that the agreement between the United States and Ukraine for the conclusion of a mineral agreement from rare land will take place during the week, but also devoted a moment of criticizing Zelensky.
“I wouldn’t say he did the biggest job,” said Trump. “I’m not a massive fan.”
Putin announced a temporary suspension of Easter weapons in Ukraine from Saturday at 18:00 and lasting until midnight Easter Sunday.
But Zelensky expressed some skepticism without detailed information on how the weapon suspension will be monitored or defined, andCCERPING to the Associated Press.
Zelensky said that if Russia really observed a full and unconditional suspension of weapons, Ukraine would reflect this approach.
