US Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) during a press conference on February 17, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers stressed their support for Ukraine as US President Donald Trump, the leader of their party, hurled shocking attacks against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stunning European allies and appearing to upend decades of US support for victims of Russian aggression.“There is no moral equivalency between Vladimir Putin and President Zelenskyy. President Putin is evil, and he has to be stopped,” Senator Thom Tillis (Republican, North Carolina), who visited Ukraine over the weekend as part of