‘One side is not going to get 100 percent,’ Rubio says of possible Russia-Ukraine peace deal
Both Ukraine and Russia will have to make concessions in order to reach a peace agreement, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News after a White House meeting between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders.
“Each side is going to have to make some concessions. And obviously, land or where you draw those lines — where the war stops — is going to be part of that conversation,” Rubio said.
“In essence, one side is not going to get 100 percent here,” he added, calling the process “not easy” and perhaps “not even fair,” but the only way to end the war.
Rubio noted that it will be up to Ukraine and Russia to decide the terms of peace, while the role of the United States is to make such discussions possible and “make sure that both sides are talking.”
On August 18, President Trump met at the White House with Zelensky and European leaders. Three days earlier, on August 15, he had held separate talks in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
No official details were released about either meeting. According to U.S. media reports, Putin insisted that Ukraine must hand over all of Donbas, including areas still controlled by Kyiv. Zelensky has repeatedly said that giving up any part of the country is impossible.
After the White House talks, Trump said preparations had begun for a direct meeting between Putin and Zelensky.
