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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  • @FinishingDutchEnglish
    100•23 hours ago

    I miss the good old ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’ US.

    If someone breaks into your house, kicks your dog and rapes your wife, you don’t negotiate to let them keep your TV. You shoot that fucker between the eyes. That’s what we need to be doing.

    • @[email protected]English
      50•22 hours ago

      I miss the good old ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’ US.

      Pretty sure that was only a thing in movies.

      We negotiate with terrorists all the time.

      • @[email protected]English
        24•18 hours ago

        US literally funds terrorists, gives them weapons, and gives them CIA training to do terrorism. It’s like all these terrorist leaders went to the same school, of Americas.

        • @pyreEnglish
          1•8 hours ago

          Ken: Colonel, the guy you bagged is Dr. Amir Teraki, Pakistani. PhD in Astrophysics, educated at Harvard.

          Colonel Tom Devoe: That’s right, people. We educated half the world’s terrorists.

          The Peacemaker wasn’t that well received but that line stuck with me.

      • @DicJacobusEnglish
        5•18 hours ago

        it did in the movies, in here lies the problem.