Trump wants a full end to the war in Ukraine - Rubio

“He wants the war to end. He's not looking for just a pause. He wants it to end, and it's going to be hard, and it has to happen in stages,” Rubio said.

He emphasized that Trump said those same words to Putin.

As to how that might happen, Rubio suggested that ending the war could begin with a ceasefire.

“That hasn't been agreed to yet, hasn't even been negotiated, but I'm just talking about that - and then opening things like aid corridors and making sure that both sides don't target energy infrastructure. We'll see how that works out,” the secretary of state said.

He believes Trump is the only one in the world who can put something like this together, but it would have to be a global effort.

“It's not just us, it's not just in Europe or NATO. I mean, countries around the world have to be involved,” Rubio emphasized.

He emphasized that it is Europe that should provide Ukraine with long-term security guarantees.

“It should be the Europeans who should be willing to step up and do it, but there are a lot of sensitive issues to discuss: territorial claims, arms control and things like that, language and cultural issues, all of that has to be worked out,” Rubio said.

The US Secretary of State emphasized that the US would be interested in Ukraine's long-term independence.

Photo: U.S. Department of State.