Russia's full-scale struggle in opposition to Ukraine is a "proxy struggle" between Moscow and Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in an interview with Fox Information on March 5.
Rubio's remarks underscore how the Trump administration steadily adopts Kremlin narratives. Beforehand, Russian President Vladimir Putin falsely claimed the West is preventing Russia "with the fingers of Ukrainians."
After Russia didn’t take over Ukraine inside days and suffered a number of defeats in 2022, the Kremlin started to push the false declare that Russia was at struggle with NATO.
Western companions have been offering Kyiv with weapons because the starting of the all-out struggle however have by no means despatched troops to Ukraine, fearing escalation. The U.S. has now frozen all navy help to Ukraine because the rift between Kyiv and Washington widens.
In line with Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump sees the all-out struggle in opposition to Ukraine as "a protracted, stalemated battle."
"And albeit, it’s a proxy struggle between nuclear powers — the US, serving to Ukraine, and Russia – and it wants to come back to an finish," Rubio stated.
The secretary of state stated that persevering with to provide Ukraine weapons "as a lot as they want for so long as it takes" is "not a method."
Talking in regards to the conflict between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump within the Oval Workplace final week, Rubio stated that Washington needs to have interaction each Russia and Ukraine in resolving the struggle and "we requested the Ukrainians to not sabotage it." He blamed Ukraine's president, who answered to U.S. Vice President JD Vance's feedback, for "undermining" Trump's plan.
"(To discover a option to finish the battle) goes to require concessions from each side, however we’ve got to get them each to the desk. The Ukrainians must be there, clearly. It’s their nation. The Russians must be at that desk," Rubio stated.
The Kyiv IndependentDominic Culverwell