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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio says Ukraine-Russia peace talks have made “substantial progress,” with negotiators exploring NATO-style security guarantees as part of a long-term agreement. Rubio cautions that discussions remain delicate, with several major issues still unresolved. Technical consultations and diplomatic channels continue working urgently to prevent further casualties and destruction.  #UkraineWar #MarcoRubio #PeaceTalks #UkraineRussia #BreakingNews #NATOGuarantees #UkraineUpdate #Diplomacy  Marco Rubio, Ukraine peace talks, Ukraine Russia negotiations, NATO style guarantees, security guarantees Ukraine, Ukraine war update, peace agreement Ukraine, diplomacy Ukraine Russia, breaking news Ukraine, NATO involvement, technical consultations, high level diplomacy, Ukraine conflict resolution, Russia Ukraine negotiations, Ukraine crisis, global politics, international news, peace deal progress, Rubio Ukraine comments, news explainer Ukraine, security framework Ukraine, US politics Ukraine

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00:00All right, we had a very good day today. I think we made a tremendous amount of progress,

00:10even from the last time I spoke to you, and I apologize for keeping you waiting,

00:13but there was more work to be done. You know, we began almost three weeks ago with a foundational

00:18document that we socialized and ran by both sides, and with input from both sides. And one

00:23of the things that happens when you've been involved in this now for 10 months is you get

00:27a pretty good sense of what the priorities and the red lines and the important issues are for both

00:32sides. And so that allowed us to create a foundational document, which has been an ongoing working

00:37document. In fact, over the last 96 hours or more, there's been extensive engagement with the Ukrainian

00:42side, including our Secretary of the Army and others being on the ground in Kiev, meeting with

00:47relevant stakeholders across the Ukrainian political spectrum in the legislative branch and the

00:53executive branch and the military and others to further sort of narrow these points. We arrived

00:59here today with one goal, and the goal was to take, you know, what, you know, 28 points or 26 points,

01:06depending on which version, as it continued to evolve, and try to narrow the ones that were open items.

01:11And we have achieved that today in a very substantial way. Now, obviously, like any final agreement,

01:16they'll have to be agreed upon by the presidents. And there are a couple issues that we need to

01:21continue to work on. But I think the report today is that I think today was worthwhile. It was very,

01:27very, it is probably the most productive day we have had on this issue. And maybe in the entirety of

01:33our engagement, but certainly in a very long time. But work remains. And because this continues to be

01:38a working process, you know, the I don't want to declare victory or finality here, there's still some

01:45work to be done. But we are much further ahead today at this time than we were when we began this

01:50morning, and where we were a week ago, for certain. Okay?

01:53I see a couple of issues. I see a couple of issues. You said about a couple of issues.

01:58Yes.

01:59What do you please specify on that?

02:01Well, I'm not going to get into the details on the issues. This is a very delicate moment,

02:04and it's important. Like I said, there's not agreement on those yet. Some of it is semantics or language.

02:09Others require higher level decisions and consultation. Others, I think, just need more time to work through.

02:15As an aside, I will mention that there were items that we were discussing as part of the original

02:1928. It evolved. This is a living, breathing document. Every day with input, it changes.

02:25There were some that involved equities or the role of the EU or of NATO or so forth. And those we kind

02:31of segregated out because we just met with the national security advisors for various European

02:35countries. And those are things we'll have to discuss with them because it involves them.

02:40So we sort of really focused on the ones that were bilateral in nature for the most part.

02:44So there were a couple, none of it insurmountable. I can tell you that the items that remain

02:48open are not insurmountable. We just need more time than what we have today. I honestly believe

02:53we'll get there.

02:53So has Ukraine indicated to you that it's prepared to compromise, for instance, some of

03:00those key issues like territory in exchange for peace with Russia? They suggested that they

03:05are prepared to...

03:05Well, I'm not going to... Look, it's not for purposes of evasion. It's just I'm not going to get

03:10into the details of the topics that were discussed because this is an ongoing process. What is

03:14important to understand and how these things work is you have to... In order to have a proposal,

03:19you have to write it. If it's just verbal, it's in the air, you have to put it down on a piece of

03:23paper. And just because it's printed on a piece of paper doesn't indicate finality. So you get input.

03:28And based on that input, you make adjustments. And then you get more input or you make a counteroffer

03:33and you get more adjustments. That's an ongoing process. There's a lot more of that to happen.

03:36So I'm not going to speculate or go into the details of any of the specific items

03:40in the latest version of the proposal because, frankly, by tomorrow or the next day, that may

03:46have evolved and changed further. But I can tell you, I guess, that I feel very optimistic

03:52that we can get something done here because we made a tremendous amount of progress today.

03:56Oh, it was very positive. I'm telling you, today was the most productive day we've had.

04:02I'm grateful. Well, today, and we've talked to him since, I think he's quite pleased at the reports

04:07we've given him about the amount of progress that's been made.

04:10Well, obviously, the Russians get a vote here, right? So, I mean, look, we began from the early

04:19stage of this process with our understanding of the Russian position as had been communicated to us

04:23in numerous ways. I've, you know, at the State Department, we received numerous written

04:29nonpapers and things of this nature, also verbally things they've discussed over time and so forth.

04:34So it was no matter what we came up with today, obviously, we now have to take what we come up

04:39with if we can reach that agreement with the Ukrainian side to the Russian side. That's another part of this

04:43equation. You know, they have to agree to this in order for this to work.

04:49What about new deadline? Will be a new deadline?

04:52The deadline is we want to get this done as soon as possible. Obviously, you know,

04:55we'd love it to be Thursday. We'd love to be, ultimately, the important point today is that

04:59we have made substantial progress. We've really moved forward. So I feel very optimistic that we're

05:04going to get there in a very reasonable period of time very soon. You know, whether it's Thursday,

05:08whether it's Friday, whether it's Wednesday, whether it's Monday of the following week,

05:11we want it to be soon because people are going to, between today and the time we deal with this,

05:15more people are going to die. More destruction is going to happen.

05:18Our goal is to end this war as soon as possible, but we need a little more time.

05:24What? I'm sorry?

05:24Can you discuss the fighter jets in Poland?

05:27Yeah, I'm not going to discuss any of the particulars of it, quite frankly. As I said,

05:30this is an ongoing process, and so I think there's work to be done. I know that's

05:34deeply unsatisfying to you who have to cover these sorts of things, but I wanted to make you aware that

05:38we've made progress. I simply don't want to do anything that sets us back in that regard.

05:43But I can tell you, we've made substantial progress today. It was the best day we have had

05:48in our entire 10 months of working on these issues.

05:50Did you confirm that you met the European representatives today?

05:57Yes. We met with the national security advisors of a variety of countries that were here, and we

06:05sort of walked them through the progress we had made today. We didn't go in again into tremendous

06:09detail. We assured them that items that involved both Europe and NATO directly, or that those items

06:14are items that we sort of agreed to put as part of a separate track because it involves input from

06:20them. But I think what they heard, and I hope they'll confirm, I believe they will, is an incredible

06:25amount of positivity from both the Ukrainian and American side about the progress we've made today.

06:29What happens tomorrow, Secretary? What's the plan for tomorrow?

06:33It would only make sense if it includes a provision that says the Americans are willing to provide

06:39security guarantees similar to Article 5 of NATO. Are you receptive to this?

06:44Yeah. Again, I'm not going to discuss the details of what's being, you know,

06:47worked on with regards to any particular provisions. I mean, clearly, I think we all recognize that part of

06:53getting a final end to this war will require for Ukraine to feel as if it is safe and it is

07:00never going to be invaded or attacked again. So that's clearly something that has to be discussed.

07:05I think we've made substantial progress on that and other points, but I'm not going to get into

07:09the details today about all of those.

07:11I have time for two more guys, because I got to run some more.

07:15The what?

07:17You're asking the Russians to...

07:19In my what?

07:20Would there be a cold even President Trump in the last...

07:22I don't know, it's possible, I'm not sure.

07:24What's the plan? What happens tomorrow?

07:26Tomorrow?

07:28We keep working. I mean, look, this process...

07:30No, no, no, this process has been ongoing now for the better part of three weeks and it's really sped up in the last 96 hours.

07:36So we have all kinds of people at technical levels that are working full time on this and engaged in this full time.

07:41In fact, even as we got up and broke up now and walked away from the table, there are a handful of

07:46technical items that we expect answers from them on or suggestions from them on in the next 24 hours or so.

07:52So this is an ongoing process. We don't have to be here in this building for that to move.

07:55But we thought today being here in person allowed us to make great strides,

07:59because especially since they sent such a high-level delegation who have the authority to sort of

08:03call back to their capital, talk to their president and make and agree to certain things.

08:07So we've made a lot of progress.

08:08Can you point to any concessions you're asking?

08:11The what?

08:11The counter-proposals of the Europeans, the counter-plan of the Europeans.

08:14I'm not a war counter-plan.

08:18I haven't seen any counter-plan.

08:19All right, guys, thank you, thank you.

08:21Can you point to any concessions you're asking the Russians to make this the review?

08:24Or is it just Ukraine with them?

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