A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s senior Senator says it’s only a matter of time before Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are compelled to figure out an ending to their countries’ ongoing territorial conflict.
“I’m not on Russia’s side, but, unfortunately, the reality of it is that the way the war in Ukraine is going to end is with a negotiated settlement,” U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said on “Meet the Press.”
Rubio also said that former President Donald Trump, who says he wants a “fair deal” between Ukraine and the country that invaded it, wants Ukraine “to have more leverage in that negotiation.”
The Senator says he “would be comfortable with a deal that ends these hostilities, and that … is favorable to Ukraine, meaning that they have their own sovereignty, that they don’t become a satellite state or a puppet state that is constantly held hostage by the Russians.”
“I’m not going to prejudge any agreement,” Rubio said.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and hostilities are very much ongoing. At this writing Monday morning, there are reports of air raid sirens and bombing in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
The Senator also thinks Joe Biden’s White House understands that the countries will have to negotiate.
“The Biden administration has not defined what victory means in Ukraine. They have not defined, ‘This is what victory looks like,’ and if you press them, they will tell you what I have just said to you, which is the way this conflict ultimately ends, with a negotiation. I don’t know why we can’t just say that,” Rubio said.
“We hope that when that time comes, there is more leverage on the Ukrainian side than on the Russian side. That really is the goal here in my mind. I think that’s what Donald Trump is trying to say, but he’s going to say it like a businessman. But Biden won’t even tell us what victory is.”
9 comments
Michael K
September 30, 2024 at 9:35 am
Does the senator think that Russia will stop at Ukraine? He should ask the people of Poland what they think.
Bobblehead Kammy
September 30, 2024 at 9:48 am
Poland is a NATO member. Not sure if you knew that. If Putin is dumb enough to do that then he gets the full brunt of the NATO nations. Of course the USA is the big dog in NATO.
A Day without MAGA
September 30, 2024 at 9:53 am
So is Albania, would the US risk World War 3 for a third country like Albania
Bobblehead Kammy
September 30, 2024 at 10:16 am
An attack on a NATO nation is an attack on all NATO member nations. Now Putin knows Joe and if Kammy becomes CIC, are both weak. He doesn’t fear or respect them. He does Trump. Google “when did Putin invade Ukraine and who was the President of the United States at that time.”
MHDuuuval
September 30, 2024 at 10:42 am
The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014.
Ocean Joe
September 30, 2024 at 4:18 pm
Why did Putin hate Hillary so much?
She travelled to Russia and publicly urged folks to vote against him.
He’s sided with Trump ever since. If he fears Trump, somebody explain why he tried so hard to get Trump elected in 2016.
rick whitaker
September 30, 2024 at 7:22 pm
MAGA MARK, your dunning-kruger syndrome is flaring up again. your comments are hollow and generally wrong
A Day without MAGA
September 30, 2024 at 9:51 am
Putin agent Trump has already disillusioned insecure European,Putin do not have no choice but to fight on,or he will be liquidated by the FSB, another naive rube
MHDuuuval
September 30, 2024 at 1:34 pm
Many NATO members are skeptical that Trump would come to their aid if attacked by Russia.
NATO, for their part, sent troops and material to the US in Afghanistan — which was an invasion by the US.
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