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Rubio says Zelensky lied about US pushing Ukraine to give up Donbass

US senator Marco Rubio rejected Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Washington conditioned security guarantees on Kyiv withdrawing from Donbass, saying guarantees require an end to the war.

Mar 27th 2026 · Ukraine

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  • Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters that the US made its security guarantees to Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding Donbass to Russia.
  • Marco Rubio denied the claim and called Zelensky’s assertion a lie.
  • Rubio said security guarantees will not take effect while active fighting continues because that would involve guarantors in the war.
  • Rubio made the remarks to reporters in Paris during a G7 meeting.

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