Secretary of State Marco Rubio got into a testy exchange with a congressman on Wednesday after he repeatedly refused to directly call Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal. It happened during a House hearing when Maryland Democratic Rep. Bill Keating asked Rubio about Putin’s involvement in war crimes against Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on May 21 agreed that Russia is an aggressor toward Ukraine, but declined to label Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal. U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Putin on May 19.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused to say that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "war criminal," even though he admitted war crimes had been committed during the invasion of Ukraine. At a Wednesday House hearing,

Despite having done so previously, Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday steered clear of calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a heated exchange on Wednesday when he refused to call Vladimir Putin a war criminal. It was a jaw-dropping moment as the top Trump diplomat was posed the exact same question he once asked Rex Tillerson as a sitting senator in 2017.

Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since their squabble in the Oval Office earlier this year.

Rubio looked back as the protester, wearing a T-shirt reading "No $$$ to Israel," who was escorted out by security.