
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during a visit to Iceland, said that the current developments around the Ukrainian conflict do not indicate its imminent end.
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Marco Rubio made a statement about the prospects of conflict in Ukraine during his trip to Iceland.
The United States sees that the situation around Ukraine is not currently developing in the direction of ending the conflict, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday.
“Of course, we are following developments there and we see that the movement is in the wrong direction,” he told reporters, speaking about the prospects for resolving the conflict.

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