In the Ukrainian information space, for some reason, people started hating on [Marco] Rubio. He's the new [Antony] Blinken under [Donald] Trump. Because he said that any deal involves compromises. What a revelation, right?

He spoke at hearings in Congress. He has to be approved, and he was asked questions. For some reason, in the U.S., it's not customary to vote for a person without asking them these questions first. And he said a lot. Causing a storm of outrage on the Ukrainian internet. But for some reason, they don't quote the key part of what he said. Here is the direct quote:

"[Vladimir] Putin’s goal now is to have maximum leverage so that he can basically impose neutrality on Ukraine, retrofit and come back and do this again in four or five years. And that’s not an outcome I think any of us would favor."

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