Marco Rubio: In Ukraine there is a proxy war between the US and Russia

The US Secretary of State said in a television interview on Wednesday that it considers Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression for proxy conflict between the US and Russia, which should be ended. The thesis that Ukraine has been a Face of Washington has been circulated for years by the Kremlin, with whom Vladimir Putin is trying to suggest to the Russians for fighting the West, not that they have attacked their neighbor.

According to him, helping Ukrainians is not a strategy that does not help them defeat, but the Russians have not won anything significant.

The conversation did not say that Ukrainians get less than they need and sometimes with great delay. The successes of the Russians in 2024 are to some extent due to the fact that Republicans in the House of Representatives have blocked a package of military aid for over $ 60 billion for nearly half a year. It was approved in April and has not yet been allocated by several billion dollars, but Donald Trump stopped them after entering the White House.

A presenter from Fox News asked him about the outpouring, in which a press conference in the Oval Cabinet last Friday, which Marco Rubio was present, but did not say a word.

« You were in the room and it was a little surreal, but I think he (President Volodimir Zelenski) will come back and what he has written from him after that I think it is necessary for things to go back to the normal channel. What do you think, » Sean Haniti asked.

« It is important to understand that last Friday is not the last Friday. Everything before it led to it. It was clear from the outset that President Donald Trump was looking at this as a stroke conflict in a struggle.

The plan of the Ukrainians, their allies in the Capitol and the people you are talking to in other countries has so far been « to continue to give them as needed as needed. » This is not a strategy, « the Secretary of State replied.

He continued: « On the Russian side, obviously they have been confronted with difficulties at the beginning. They are a big country, they have succeeded, but in any case they do not cope. So this is a conflict in a stalemate. It was explained to all and quite clearly. »

There was controversy in Rubio's words. On the one hand, he said that « Trump is trying to clarify if there was a way to peace, we hired both sides, » the occasion of the Russians explained that at the meeting two weeks ago in Riyadh asked them « Are you interested in talking about stopping war or not » and the answer was « We are talking about it ». But the question was in the context « because there can be no major change in our relationship as this war continues. »

Rubio did not point out if there was any Trump plan to stop the war in Ukraine. He explained: « We asked the Ukrainians not to sabotage (trying to sit on the negotiations). Unfortunately, President Zelenski decided to challenge the Vice President (Jay D. Vance) and began to question that diplomacy was possible at all, in fact saboting and undermining the President's plan (Trump). »

« We will need discounts from both sides, but first we have to gather them on the table. Ukrainians must obviously be there, this is their country. The Russians must be on the table. And only President Trump can achieve it.

According to Rubio, Zelenski's reaction meant that Ukrainians were not interested in peace at all. In fact, he insists that before any negotiations, his country will receive security guarantees after settling the end of the war, including to sit on the table in a stronger position.

Sean Haniti tried to get some answer for Washington's vision – the first transaction for Ukrainian deposits, then stopping the fire and the third phase of the agreed settlement of the conflict. « Is it right for you, » he asked.

« I will not speak before the negotiations, after all, the Ukrainians will have their demands, the Russians – their own. We will have to see how apart their positions are, if we get to this point in the process. This is the place of diplomacy and that was the focus of the Vice President's reaction (…) How to throw a bridge between these differences. »

The Secretary of State explained that the Russians had to be brought to the negotiating table to understand the United States « what they want to do. » « We can't do it if the Ukrainians say they are not interested, but now I see that it changes (…) but there is only one person on the planet capable of doing it and his name is Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States. that we have a president with clarity about the morals in the face of Donald J.