US Secretary of State Rubio: peace deal will require territorial concessions from Ukraine

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that any agreement to end the war will require territorial concessions from Ukraine.

This was reported by The New York Times.

During a flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he is scheduled to hold talks with Ukrainian officials, Marco Rubio stressed that both sides must be prepared for difficult decisions to resolve the conflict.

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«The most important thing we're going to leave here with is a strong sense that Ukraine is willing to do the hard things, just as the Russians are going to have to do the hard things to end this «conflict» or at least suspend it in some way,» the US Secretary of State said.

He refused to specify possible details of a future peace agreement, but stressed that there is no military solution to the war.

«The Russians cannot conquer all of Ukraine, and it's obviously going to be very difficult for Ukraine to get the Russians back to where they were in 2014 in any reasonable amount of time,» Marco Rubio added.

It is expected that Tuesday's talks will not address the issue of a deal on Ukrainian natural resources, which US President Donald Trump earlier called compensation for US military assistance to Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion.

It should be noted that during the talks in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine will try to convince the US to resume intelligence and military support, as well as to prove that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is committed to ending the war with Russia as soon as possible.

Earlier, Donald Trump said that the meeting was planned not only with the Ukrainian delegation, but also with the Russian one. At the same time, Russia said that talks with the United States were not planned.