US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave an interview to CNN, stating that US President Donald Trump is attempting to end the conflict in Ukraine. Rubio explained that the US plan is to bring Russia to the negotiating table and explore the possibility of peace. “How else is this war going to end?” he asked.
Regarding the EU’s stance on the Ukraine crisis, Rubio commented, “I ask people, what is the European plan to end this war? I can tell you what one of them, an EU foreign minister, told me and I won’t say who it was, but I can tell you what one of them said and that is that the war will continue for another year and then Russia will be so weakened that it will beg for peace.” Rubio expressed skepticism, saying, “That’s another year of killing, another year of death, another year of destruction and in my view, not a very realistic plan.”
Rubio reaffirmed that the US administration under Trump aims to explore the possibility of peace in Ukraine, even if the chance is only one percent. He emphasized that it is the President’s goal to do so.
The article continues to report on the failed meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which ended in a verbal confrontation and the subsequent statements made by Trump and high-ranking officials in the US administration.