WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -- Sen. Roger Wicker issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement:

"I welcome reports that the United States, Ukraine, and Europe have coalesced around a common negotiating position to end Putin's war of aggression. The West's demonstration of unity sends a clear signal to Putin. His plan to divide us will fail. President Trump has succeeded in fostering unity, which allows the West to engage Putin from a position of strength.

"Putin, ever the KGB agent, continues to peddle a false narrative. He wants the world to believe that Russia will inevitably achieve its military goals in Ukraine. The facts on the gr...