• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized the urgent need for a negotiated settlement to end the Russia-Ukraine war, now in its third year.
• Rubio warned that Ukraine’s infrastructure is being destroyed and millions of Ukrainians have fled, jeopardizing their future.
• U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to broker peace and expressed readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the conflict.
• Both Putin and Trump have expressed willingness to meet and discuss ending the war, marking a significant development in the conflict.
• Despite criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump remains confident in the potential for negotiations to bring an end to the war and has signaled a desire to work with Putin on broader global security issues, including nuclear arms reduction.

The Russia-Ukraine war, now entering its third year, has reached a critical juncture as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized the urgent need for a negotiated settlement to end the devastating conflict.

In a recent interview on Sirius XM‘s “The Megyn Kelly Show,” Rubio underscored the futility of prolonged fighting, warning that Ukraine is being “set back a hundred years” and that the conflict must end through diplomacy. “What the dishonesty that has existed is that we somehow led people to believe that Ukraine would be able not just to defeat Russia, but, you know, destroy them, push them all the way back to what the world looked like in … 2014,” he said.

Rubio added that Ukraine’s energy grid is being “wiped out” and millions of Ukrainians have fled the country, potentially never to return. “That is their future, and it is endangered in that regard,” he warned.

The secretary of state’s call for negotiations echoes U.S. President Donald Trump’s long-standing commitment to ending the war swiftly. “It needs to end to a negotiation,” Rubio told Kelly. “In any negotiation, both sides are going to have to give something up.”

Trump has pledged to broker peace and expressed readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to achieve that goal. The president has repeatedly criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the conflict and has vowed to bring the war to a close through diplomacy.

“I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended,” Trump told attendees of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Jan. 23 during a virtual appearance at the meeting, held in the municipality of Davos in Switzerland. He described the conflict as a “carnage” that is wasting millions of lives and emphasized the need for immediate action.

Will Putin and Trump’s meeting bring a close to the Ukraine conflict?

“From what I hear, Putin would like to see me, and we’ll leave as soon as we can. I’d meet immediately,” Trump told reporters at the White House after his WEF appearance. “Every day we don’t meet, soldiers are being killed in the battlefield.”

The Kremlin has responded positively to Trump’s overtures, with Russian officials confirming that Putin is also willing to meet with the U.S. president. Putin has previously suggested that peace could be achieved if Western nations ceased funding Ukraine’s war effort.

“They will not last a month if the money and, in a broader sense, the ammunition, runs out. That’s it,” the Russian leader remarked. “It will all end in a month, a month and a half, or two.”

The potential for dialogue between Trump and Putin marks a significant development in the conflict, which has seen little progress toward peace under the Biden administration. However, the prospect of negotiations has drawn criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has accused the West of abandoning Ukraine and even called for nuclear weapons to bolster his country’s defenses. Despite these tensions, Trump has expressed confidence that Zelensky is ready to make a deal to end the war.

In addition to addressing the immediate crisis, Trump has also signaled a desire to work with Putin on broader global security issues, including nuclear arms reduction. “We’d like to see denuclearization … and I will tell you President Putin really liked the idea of cutting way back on nuclear,” Trump said in Davos. This aligns with Putin’s recent modernization of Russia’s nuclear forces, though the Russian leader has rejected talks on replacing the New START treaty, which is set to expire in 2026. (Related: Trump revives push for NUCLEAR ARMS REDUCTION talks with Russia and China.)

As the war continues to exact a heavy toll on both Ukraine and Russia, the international community is watching closely to see if the renewed diplomatic efforts led by Trump and supported by Rubio can bring an end to the conflict.

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