Marco Rubio presses Kyiv and Moscow to end their w...

Summary

• Marco Rubio urged Kyiv and Moscow on Monday to concentrate on stopping the four-year war, as Washington tries to broker peace.
• Rubio said talks about such a meeting had taken place.
• Marco Rubio said the White House sees no gain in a long war.

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Marco Rubio urged Kyiv and Moscow on Monday to concentrate on stopping the four-year war, as Washington tries to broker peace.

He spoke to reporters in Uzbekistan. A question about a possible meeting of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping drew a cautious reply.

Rubio said talks about such a meeting had taken place. He added that he did not know if anyone had finalised the plan. The president, he said, wants the war to end.

Marco Rubio on Ukraine and intelligence sharing

Rubio also denied that Washington had stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine. Kyiv had claimed otherwise.

He urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to concentrate on bringing the war to an end. In his words, that is the goal for Ukraine and for the United States.

“We see nothing good coming from this war,” Rubio said. He warned of a very real risk that the fighting escalates or spreads to another country.