Rubio warns if it's not possible to end the war in Ukraine, US needs to 'move on'
Source: cnn
By Alex Stambaugh, Max Saltman, Victoria Butenko and Ross Adkin CNN
Updated 4:09 AM EDT, Fri April 18, 2025
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A US-authored outline of a peace plan had received an encouraging reception at the talks, according to a State Department readout, which did not give details on the outline. Rubio also spoke with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and conveyed the same outline, the readout said.
Speaking Friday, Rubio said he and Witkoff had come to Paris to begin to talk about more specific outlines of what it might take to end the war and whether or not this is a war that can be ended.
If its not possible, if were so far apart that this is not going to happen then I think the president is probably at a point where hes going to say were done, he said.
Its not our war. We didnt start it. The United States has been helping Ukraine for the past three years and we want it to end, but its not our war, he added.
President (Trump) has spent 87 days at the highest level of this government repeatedly taking efforts to bring this war to and end. We are now reaching a point when we need to decide and determine whether this is even possible or not. Which is why were engaging both sides. ..................
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/europe/rubio-russia-war-in-ukraine-us-talks-intl-hnk/index.html

riversedge
(75,145 posts)...........Meanwhile, Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine overnight, hitting a residential neighborhood of the city of Kharkiv. The strike killed one person and wounded 67 others, authorities said Friday, adding they feared more people could be trapped beneath the rubble of a damaged apartment building.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/europe/rubio-russia-war-in-ukraine-us-talks-intl-hnk/index.html
Skittles
(163,560 posts)FUCK YOU, RUBIO, FUCKING TRUMP WHORE
no_hypocrisy
(51,253 posts)when it's soooo close?
thomski64
(657 posts)..where he also cheats and lies..
Bread and Circuses
(709 posts)Marco Rubio will receive his full reward.
TheFarseer
(9,583 posts)Literally every war has ended. The Hundred Years War took a while but they wrapped it up.
Ray Bruns
(5,151 posts)Last edited Fri Apr 18, 2025, 11:00 AM - Edit history (1)
Stinky is a loser extraordinaire.
LS_Editor
(920 posts)History will not be kind to any of these collaborators.
Bengus81
(8,706 posts)Javaman
(63,652 posts)the easily programed sycophant.
Chipper Chat
(10,335 posts)What a great moniker
Emrys
(8,589 posts)with "peace" negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, I don't think anyone will shed many tears.
If it means no more aid from the US, at least everyone will know where they stand. How that would square with a prospective security and minerals deal is anyone's guess.
sinkingfeeling
(55,073 posts)mdbl
(6,261 posts)These people in the Dump administration are worthless as tits on a boar.
bronxiteforever
(10,352 posts)Rubio degrades himself daily and he expects us to accept his cowardice as a virtue.
We dont.
Martin68
(25,509 posts)bagimin
(1,558 posts)but it could be.
travelingthrulife
(2,099 posts)Firestorm49
(4,347 posts)He should resign. This is the kind of idiotic leadership that guides this band of misfits.
Firestorm49
(4,347 posts)ruet
(10,115 posts)At the time of Ukraines independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine held the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, including an estimated 1,900 strategic warheads, 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and 44 strategic bombers. By 1996, Ukraine had returned all of its nuclear warheads to Russia in exchange for economic aid and security assurances, and in December 1994, Ukraine became a non-nuclear weapon state-party to the 1968 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The last strategic nuclear delivery vehicle in Ukraine was eliminated in 2001 under the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). It took years of political maneuvering and diplomatic work, starting with the Lisbon Protocol in 1992, to remove the weapons and nuclear infrastructure from Ukraine.
milestogo
(20,332 posts)So you are incarcerated in a foreign prison with no hope of ever seeing your family again. Get over it. Move on.
PortTack
(35,572 posts)Drawn the line
it will end here period. They will not go back to Russia slicing up European nations. Putin has lost already, just too fucking stupid to stop. As with so many other things the US is becoming irrelevant.
And yes, as if we made some big contribution
FU rubio
.you shitty little creep
Wonder Why
(5,530 posts)republianmushroom
(19,546 posts)Tell Russia to go back to the original line agreed to and honor it 1990's treaty with Ukraine.
atreides1
(16,628 posts)He comes from parents who skipped out before Castro took over, the whole run away idea is likely in his DNA!!!
emulatorloo
(45,779 posts)Marco, you arent fooling anybody.
maxsolomon
(36,378 posts)Fucking amateurs.
No one forget: MFer was going to end this war in a day.
Passages
(2,634 posts)I guess he was right on point. You'll keep sinking lower and lower as long as you can access power.
riversedge
(75,145 posts)Who is old enough to remember when Trump said he could end the Russia Ukraine war in 24 hours?
according to Marco Rubio, Trump is ready to throw in the towel and declare that he lost and isnt capable to fulfill that campaign promise.
Anyone surprised?
Link to tweet
riversedge
(75,145 posts)2023: Donald Trump to Nigel Farage, "If I was president I'd end that war in one day, it'll take 24 hours. It would be easy"
2025: Marco Rubio, "If it's not possible to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine then we're at a point where President Trump is at a point where he'll say we're done"
The way you end the Russian invasion of Ukraine is to stop Russia from invading Ukraine, not by taking away support from Ukraine that is trying to defend itself from Russia
Link to tweet
Shoonra
(600 posts)Rubio has revealed a devastating fact to the Russians: If the Russians don't quit bombing Ukraine for a while (maybe a month or two), then the US will pull out and cease to arm and assist Ukraine leaving it entirely at the mercy of the Russians.
This sort of inside information to an enemy was previously called treason but I am willing to believe this instance was done at Trump's instigation.
We used to defend free countries from invaders, and we used to oppose the Russians at every move. No more.
Marcuse
(8,313 posts)Response to riversedge (Original post)
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blue-wave
(4,626 posts)you're really doing a fine job of stabbing another ally in the back. Ukraine came to our assistance and was involved with troops in the Middle East for 18 years, 2003-2021. At one time, the Ukrainian contingent was listed as the third largest allied force in the region and yes, many Ukrainian warriors died there. How many troops did Russia send? Shame. Shame. Shame.
Evolve Dammit
(20,516 posts)Crowman2009
(3,055 posts)
MAGA is always vehemently anti-war when it involves white people.
SWBTATTReg
(25,182 posts)and England, that we should move on.
What a dumba&&.
Martin68
(25,509 posts)twodogsbarking
(13,403 posts)The US isn't good at ending wars.
GusBob
(7,875 posts)Art of The Lie