Security guarantees for Ukraine and territorial concessions should be part of peace talks with Russia, said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to The Guardian. Rubio stated that security guarantees and territorial concessions must be part of negotiations on Ukraine.

President Donald Trump will go into talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday hoping to achieve a halt to the fighting in Ukraine, but a comprehensive solution to the war will take longer,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Wednesday that Russia and Ukraine are not ready for a meeting with President Trump as the war between the two countries rages on. “I think what we have is a better understanding of the conditions under which Russia would be prepared to end the war,