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John Cornyn: “The war in Ukraine started, of course, by the invasion by…”

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

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Interview with Texas Senator John Cornyn on Border Security and US-Ukraine Economic Partnership

Published | Video Starts at 07:02

Well, peace and prosperity are certainly a goal that we can all get behind. And I applaud President Trump's efforts to bring peace and to stop the killing. It's been horrific. The war in Ukraine started, of course, by the invasion by Vladimir Putin about three years ago. But we've seen hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians die in this completely unprovoked war. But if we can now put the ball in Putin's court. (07:02–07:08)

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Asserts that the war in Ukraine began with an invasion by Vladimir Putin approximately three years ago.

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