Marco Rubio

And I saw him say that and it's unfortunate he would say that because he knows that's not true and that's not what he was told.

What he was told is the obvious.

Security guarantees are not going to kick in until there's an end to a war because otherwise you're getting yourself involved in the war.

What is a security guarantee?

It is troops that are willing to step in and secure.

If you put that in place now, that means you're injecting yourself in the war.

What he was told very clearly, and he should have understood it, is that security guarantees come only after there is an end to the war.

But that was not attached to unless he gives up territory.

I don't know why he says these things.

They're just not true.

What is your position on Donbass?

We've told the Ukrainian side what the Russians are insisting on.

We're not advocating for it.

We've explained it to them.

It's their choice to make.

It's not for us to make for them.

We've never told them they have to take it or leave it.

The role we have played is to try to figure out what both sides want and see if we can bridge the middle ground.

The decision ultimately is up to Ukraine.

If they don't want to make certain decisions or certain concessions, then the war keeps going.