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John Cornyn: “The Russian government, led by Mr. Putin, violated that…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn on Pres. Trump’s Efforts to End Ukraine War.

Published | Video Starts at 06:10

But unfortunately, Russia proceeded to violate that same agreement in 2014 with the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula peninsula. And then, as we know, The Russian government, led by Mr. Putin, violated that agreement a second time in February 2022 with its invasion of Ukraine. If Russia was unwilling to honor the commitments it made in the Budapest memorandum in 29. (06:10–06:23)

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Asserts that Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum again by invading Ukraine in 2022.

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