Kurt Volker

Former US Ambassador
Distinguished Fellow, CEPA
Sr. International Advisor, BGR Group
Views entirely my own

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

If we want to end Putin's war on Ukraine, we need more pressure on Russia, not less. Simple as that. This on @CNN. Thanks @wolfblitzer. @cepa

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

Bit of a wrap up after the NATO Summit and Iran up-and-down... @FoxBusiness @cepa
https://t.co/m8BlRlkSIE

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

#Iran is leveraging to gain control of Strait. #POTUS is determined to end the war and keep oil and gas prices down. This will go on for a long time... @newsmax @cepa
https://t.co/hIwVcfWt2K

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

#NATO is by Treaty a defensive Alliance to deter attacks against the North Atlantic area; not a force to go fight any war, anywhere. Allies can act together if they choose - but that requires consultation and planning. @SecGenNATO @FoxNews @cepa
https://t.co/yrWZnCYpXY

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

Time for @realDonaldTrump to sit down quietly with @SecGenNATO and work out a clear, achievable goal in #Iran and Operational Plan for security in the Persian Gulf and Europe. They are linked and important. Both sides must stop sniping. @FoxNews @cepa https://t.co/xf6YXkttuI

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

Now that we started, we have got to finish it... @cepa @newsmax @studiogo

[StudiGo @StudiGo_LLC]

"It doesn’t look like winning right now. You have Iran calling the shots in the Persian Gulf right now."

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO @kvolker speaking with @NEWSMAX about the war in Iran.

via #StudiGo

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

@cepa @StefanishynaO @AmbDanFried @CNN @NATO @marcthiessen

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

The #TrumpAdministration, the Gulf States and #Ukraine need to talk: #Iran is attacking the Gulf with the same drones #Russia has used for years. Ukraine knows how to take them out cheaply.

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

The #TrumpAdministration, the Gulf States and #Ukraine need to talk: #Iran is attacking the Gulf with the same drones #Russia has used for years. Ukraine knows how to take them out cheaply.

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

@npr @MorningEdition_ @cepa -- After @MunSecConf, US and Europe should work together on the big issues -- especially Russia's war on Ukraine. We should tell Russia to withdraw from Ukrainian territory, not the other way round...https://t.co/9YqwMNPZiQ

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

5-min listen. US/#POTUS47 can do everything we want militarily on Greenland for US security, under US control. No need to "own" it - which causes bigger problems for US... Thanks @NPR @NPRinskeep - 5-min listen. @DKAmbUSA @cepa https://t.co/DrelwT4cCc

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

Thanks @TimesRadio and @PhilipIngMBE for a great interview... lot's of time to really get into the issues... @CEPA https://t.co/hq0AAdMzLh

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

Like clockwork... #Trump and #Zelenskyy make progress, and #Putin steps in to try to disrupt it -- this time by telling Trump the Ukrainians tried to bomb one of his houses... @newsmax @cepa

[StudiGo @StudiGo_LLC]

“Every time President Trump and President Zelenskyy get together and start making progress on what peace should look like, Putin does something to disrupt it.”

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO @kvolker speaking with @RobAstorino on @NEWSMAX

via #StudiGo

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

Looking ahead... What to expect from 12/28/25 meeting of #POTUS and #Zelensky... US and Ukraine likely to align (again), but #Putin will reject any peace deal that preserves an independent and sovereign #Ukraine... @NEWSMAX @cepa https://t.co/x9JGYKBMnD

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

The Ukrainian Bell Carol was written in the early 1900s by...a Ukrainian! So when #Putin says Ukrainians are Russians, believe your own ears instead... This was recorded by a Ukrainian choir at a Ukrainian power plant that Russia recently destroyed...
https://t.co/YFHyd4VU5M

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

Great that the US, Ukraine and Europe are getting more aligned in peace talks -- but still no indication Putin is ready to stop his war.
https://t.co/D7m4uPEctE

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

#Ukraine wants to end the war, and #Putin does not. So why are we pressuring Ukraine and not Putin? @NEWSMAX @cepa
https://t.co/s04CC878C3

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

Zelensky is right to respond and seek to negotiate. Trump has said little, so maybe that is the plan: propose something designed to fail, in order to pick up the pieces later. Otherwise, it is hard to understand why Trump would back a policy that embarrasses the USA.

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

So about this so-called "Peace Plan" for Ukraine... It is one-sided, ill-informed, self-contradictory, amateurish and naïve. It calls on Ukraine to withdraw from Ukrainian territory, instead of calling on Russia to do so... @NEWSMAX @cepa

[Kurt Volker @kvolker]

The 28-point plan imposes restrictions on Ukraine, but none on Russia - as if Ukraine is the threat to Russia, rather than the other way around. Yet it is Russia that has invaded Ukraine twice!

[Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick 🇺🇸 @RepBrianFitz]

Correction: The United States wants Russia’s answer on an unconditional withdrawal of Ukraine by Thursday.

This Russian-drafted propaganda must be rejected and disregarded for the unserious nonsense that it is. This moment requires Peace Through Strength, not appeasement.

Today, we have officially notified both the Clerk of the House and House leadership of our discharge petition to force a vote on crushing Russian sanctions immediately upon our return.

#PeaceThroughStrength