Alex Raufoglu

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Senior Washington Correspondent for @RFERL | Covering US foreign policy, Eastern Europe and beyond | @AmericanU 🎓| AlexRaufoglu.01 on Signal | Tweets=personal

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NAILS IT!! U.S. Ambassador to NATO: “It’s impossible to get into mind of vladimir putin — because it's sick, twisted and probably not logical”

BREAKING!!! Trump States Ukrainians Who Fled War Can Remain in U.S. Until Conflict Ends “We have a lot of people who came in from Ukraine, and we're working with them" (h/t my colleague Alberto Simoni for 🎥) 👇🏻

HAPPENING NOW!! The Ukrainian delegation has arrived at the Miami meeting site, kicking off high-stakes talks regarding the situation in Ukraine.

LOOK NO FURTHER!!! the single best bet for peace👇🏻

NEW!! “Who is the current President of Georgia?” — I asked DoS Spox today “You know who the duly-elected president is” — Miller replied #StandWithGeorgianPeople

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HAPPENING NOW!! Rubio, hosting Ukrainian delegation in Miami, outlines conditions for a lasting settlement, emphasizing Ukrainian sovereignty, while Kyiv's top negotiator Umarov applauds the continued U.S. support 👇

JUST NOW!! Trump departed for Florida without taking questions, amid breaking news that leaked phone calls are throwing scrutiny on Witkoff’s pro-Kremlin positions.

HAPPENING NOW!!! Trump was just asked if he would help defend Poland and Baltic states from Russia if Putin keeps escalating “I will,” he replied Asked about briefing on Estonia Trump: “We don’t like it”

Secretary Rubio left the Vatican following his meetings, which exceeded their scheduled timeframe

HAPPENING NOW!!! Key GOP Congressman Mike Rogers warns against Pentagon plans to reportedly cut thousands of troops from Europe “Congress has not been consulted” he says “Putin is NOT our friend” he warns

“…. Are you prepared to sign the security agreement today?” — I asked POTUS Trump: “What a dumb question. No one knows what the security agreement will say." “European leaders have been very great... they're terrific people." "They all want to get it done" 👇

WATCH!!! Former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Archived explains why it took 2 years for Biden admin to provide Ukraine with ATACMS missiles 👇🏻

NAILS IT! “That plan… that’s Putin's plan,” Sen Kelly says “If Putin gets the chance with that deal to rearm, rebuild his economy and gain territory — by the way, that's what he wanted — then the Baltics, Poland, Romania, all those other countries down the line are at threat”

‘… Do you have a mandate to negotiate on behalf of Greenland and Denmark?’ — former Danish Foreign Minister grills NATO Chief Rutte over talks with Trump

WATCH!! Rubio argues that Putin “hasn’t gotten a single concession”

WATCH!! Sec. Bessent today: “NO country that contributed to the russian war machine through monies, through troops or through military parts — or any parts used for russian military weapons — will be eligible to participate in the rebuilding of the Ukraine” 👇🏻

WATCH!! Trump says, he was watching Xi, Putin, Kim and Co’s “beautiful ceremony” “My relationship with all of them is very good” How good it is, “we will find out over the next week or two”, he says

Yermak makes it clear that work needs to be done “in the coming days” to “join proposals.” Also Ukraine will “engage with our European friends”. Note that neither Rubio, nor Yermak used the word “plan” — let alone “U.S. plan”

NEW!! Blinken warns Kremlin remains ‘uninterested’ in peace Former Secretary of State says Putin “still thinks that he can get what he wants by force” On security guarantees, Blinken say, “it's critical that the U.S. be a central part of that”

WATCH!!! State Dept responds to Lavrov’s NATO comments: “What apparently bothers russia is the fact that NATO is going to be strongly returning to its original roots of being a deterrent..” U.S. supports NATO “completely” - DoS Spox tells me 👇🏻

WATCH!! Trump to his NATO Envoy U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker: “Matt, they have to stop buying oil from Russia, Matt. Will you talk to those? Will you talk to them, please? The Europeans are buying oil from Russia. It’s not supposed to happen, right?”

HAPPENING NOW!!! Ahead of Miami talks, Secretary Rubio tells me Washington will not ‘impose’ a deal but aims to find what Kyiv and Moscow can live with to end the stalemate. 👇

SIGNIFICANT!! Senators say they had Sec Rubio’s go-ahead to publicly reveal the content of their call, and to explain that “this administration was not responsible” for the release of russian proposal… 👇