Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., delivered a scathing assessment of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, stating the dictator should face execution rather than negotiations, Mediaite reported.

Wicker's comments followed a meeting between Trump's Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia to discuss the war in Ukraine.

Wicker remarked Tuesday on CNN about Putin, calling him a "war criminal" who should be imprisoned or executed.

During the interview, CNN's Manu Raju asked Wicker whether Putin could be trusted in negotiations. The senator responded bluntly, saying, "No. Putin is a war criminal who should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed."

When pressed about Trump's assertion that Putin wants peace, Wicker dismissed the idea, stating, "What we can trust the Russians to do is to do anything to their advantage, to take temporary steps." He added, "Vladimir Putin has violated every tenant of international law and should be indicted and prosecuted and jailed, possibly executed."

The senator's remarks come amid growing concerns over the United States' unilateral approach to achieving peace between Ukraine and Russia sans Ukraine.

Trump has faced scrutiny for his approach to Putin, including his belief that the Russian leader is actually seeking peace with Ukraine.

Wicker has previously voiced strong opinions on U.S. foreign policy.

Last week, he criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following remarks at the Munich Security Conference, where Hegseth suggested Ukraine should not join NATO and that returning to pre-war boundaries was "unrealistic."

"Hegseth is going to be a great defense secretary, although he wasn't my choice for the job. But he made a rookie mistake in Brussels, and he's walked back some of what he said but not that line," Wicker told Politico.

"I don't know who wrote the speech — it is the kind of thing Tucker Carlson could have written, and Carlson is a fool. I prefer we didn't give away negotiating positions before we actually get started talking about the end of the Russia-Ukraine war," he added.

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