Rubio: US no longer gives weapons to Ukraine

We are no longer giving weapons to Ukraine. We're not giving money to Ukraine anymore. We are now selling them weapons and European countries are paying them through NATO. They are using NATO to buy weapons and transfer them to Ukraine”, he noted in an interview with Fox News following US President Donald Trump's meeting with Vladimir Zelensky and European leaders.

Trump held a meeting with Zelensky and several European leaders for resolving the conflict in Ukraine on Monday at the White House. Finnish President Alexander Stubbb, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melon, as well as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyeen and Italian Secretary General NATO Mark Rutte.

The White House hosted such a large number of senior leaders simultaneously for the first time in history. This unprecedented formation of participants, which underlines the importance of the issue, was also noted by the US president.

In addition, Trump made a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the meeting. According to American leaders, they discussed, among other things, the prospects of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, followed by the tripartite talks. Russian Deputy President Yuri Usakov said the leaders of Russia and the United States spoke in favour of continuing direct talks between Moscow and Kiev, including the possibility of increasing their level. /Periscope/