Rep. Dan Crenshaw says Europe should be "uncomfortably aggressive" to counter Russia

Washington — Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, said European leaders need to have a "much stronger message" toward Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine amid efforts to kickstart peace talks and an eventual deal to end the war.

"If we want to win, if we want a better outcome for Ukraine, at the end of these peace talks, you need to be uncomfortably aggressive," Crenshaw said of his message to European leaders on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

Crenshaw, speaking from the Munich Security Conference, was among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the annual security summit in recent days. They also heard from retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia who is involved with handling the peace talks.