Laura Loomer Has Change of Heart on Ukraine After Years of Criticism: ‘That Wasn’t Very Nice of Me to Say’

Laura Loomer, Vlodomyr Zelensky

Laura Loomer has done an about face on Ukraine after years of criticism — visiting the war-torn country and earning praise from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office.

The far right confidante of President Donald Trump wrote on X Tuesday that she’s “just experienced my first air raid in Ukraine.”

“Sirens blaring. This is everyday for every Ukrainian,” she wrote.

“I feel like such an *sshole for minimizing the struggle of Ukrainians for the last 5 years. I often said I don’t care. Looking back, that wasn’t very nice of me to say,” she admitted.

“There are people in Ukraine who have to run to a bomb shelter everyday and some of us had the audacity to say Russia wasn’t wrong because we believed the lie that Ukraine is a country full of Nazi sympathizers,” she added. “We have been so propagandized by Russia and we don’t even realize it.”

Loomer then pivoted to a recent Republican talking point: communism.

“Air sirens could very well be the future of America if we don’t start demanding our lawmakers crack down on communism and multipolarity,” she wrote. “We won’t have Trump forever and the axis of evil is moving fast.”

The posts include a clip of Loomer with a rolling suitcase on a train, presumably showing her July 20 arrival in the country.

Я не в России, потому что я не пропагандист. pic.twitter.com/VD83wjgQNq

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 20, 2026

The visit has prompted praise from Zelensky’s office.

It is really important that @LauraLoomer is in Ukraine and sees things with her own eyes as they are. There is no better way to get informed opinion than through personal experience which allows to deal with Russian propaganda.

— Office of the President of Ukraine (@APUkraine) July 21, 2026

Loomer is known for wild claims, most recently that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was brain dead in the hospital, and that Tucker Carlson was controlled by Muslims. 

In the past she’s slammed American aid to Ukraine.

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