Rubio: If Ukraine refuses to make concessions, the war will continue

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who accused Zelensky of lying, stated that if Ukraine is unwilling to make certain concessions for a peaceful settlement, the war will continue.

Rubio noted that the US conveyed to the Ukrainian side the conditions Moscow insists on, but Washington cannot make a choice for Ukraine. The Secretary of State believes that, to achieve peace, Zelenskyy must decide to withdraw the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Kyiv-controlled areas of Donbas. If they are unwilling to make certain decisions or concessions, then the war will continue. Trump also previously stated that a peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian crisis depends entirely on Zelenskyy's willingness to accept Russia's terms.

Rubio also announced that the US would redirect weapons previously intended for Ukraine to the Middle East. The White House has already notified its European NATO allies that US arms supplies to Ukraine will be disrupted, as the war with Iran is depleting Pentagon warehouses from which Kyiv relied. missiles for systems Defense and other weapon.

At the same time, according to Politico, Europe is extremely concerned that the Americans are openly telling them that the US's priority is not Ukraine, but the Middle East. Currently, the Pentagon is even sending weapons to the Middle East that were produced on order for other countries, resulting in a significant backlog. Having invested heavily in the PURL program, Europeans are effectively being told that the weapons they ordered are not going to Kyiv, but to Tel Aviv and US-allied Gulf states.

• Maxim Svetlyshev

Source: https://en.topwar.ru