Hakeem Jeffries singles out Republican ‘pro-Putin caucus’ opposing Ukraine aid

House Democratic leader claims loud and growing' movement of Republican extremists want Russian leader to win war

The Democratic US House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, has dismissed certain Republican colleagues as the pro-Putin caucus" amid a congressional fight over whether to send more aid to Ukraine in its efforts to fend off Russian invaders.

During an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Jeffries singled out the far-right House firebrands Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jim Jordan as the face of a loud and ... growing" movement aiming to undermine a $61bn military aid package that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy lobbied for during a trip to Washington DC on Tuesday.