Ex-US official: Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine

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Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine, and the pressure should be placed back on them, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joel Rubin says.  #Russia #Ukraine

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00:00Yeah, I mean, very hard to predict. But I mean, what does President Trump do now? What

00:05would you advise him to do now? Should these talks even be taking place in Moscow, in your

00:11opinion?

00:12Yeah, no, I would advise stay the course. Look, ultimately, it's crucial to have a diplomatic

00:17arrangement that ends this war. But be clear-eyed about what the real roadblocks are. Roadblocks

00:23are not all coming just from Ukraine, as you may have thought and even have been communicating

00:29that Russia started this war. Russia is the aggressor in this war. Russia has to be thought

00:35of as a belligerent. And that means think about actions that you can take to try to

00:41flip the narrative and put the pressure back on them now that Ukraine has taken your hints

00:47and agreed to what you're looking for in the near-term ceasefire. So stay the course and

00:52find a way to continue to balance the diplomacy and to get Russia and Vladimir Putin's attention,

00:58because clearly it doesn't seem like he has it yet. President Trump does not have it yet.

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