The secretary of state, heading to talks with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, said future talks with Moscow will be needed to determine what Russia is willing to give up to end the war.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that Ukraine would have to make concessions over land that Russia had taken since 2014 as part of any agreement to end the war.

Mr. Rubio spoke as he was flying to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for talks with senior Ukrainian officials, and 10 days after a contentious White House meeting between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. The Trump administration halted military aid to Ukraine after the blowup, which centered on Mr. Trump’s refusal to include any security guarantees in a proposed deal involving Ukraine’s natural resources.

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  • commander@lemmings.worldEnglish
    424·
    22 hours ago

    Because they’re losing and a part of losing in a war is making concessions to the winner.

    If Ukraine didn’t make concessions for a peace deal, Russia will just continue winning the war and Ukrainians will have even less.

    Sorry to all the new people in this world that fell for the propaganda machine. Hopefully this can be a learning experience for you all (it won’t.)

    • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      Because they’re losing and a part of losing in a war is making concessions to the winner.

      I’ve been hearing the line that Ukraine is losing for three years now. Pretty sure if Russia could win this conflict, they would have done so already.

      • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        11 hours ago

        I’ve been hearing the line that Ukraine is losing for three years now

        And how have the frontlines moved over said 3 years?

    • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      11 hours ago

      You don’t get it though, Russia bad. Therefore, throwing your male population through forced conscription into the meat grinder with no expectation of winning is based and cool and patriotic.

      • lorty@lemmy.mlEnglish
        32·
        16 hours ago

        Just look at Kursk, Velyka Novosilka and Chasiv Yar and ponder for a bit if they are winning or losing.