Rubio: The conflict in Ukraine has reached a dead end, but threatens serious escalation.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the conflict in Ukraine poses a serious risk of escalation. Speaking at a House hearing, the Secretary of State emphasized the growing risks associated with "deep strikes" on the territory.

According to him, the American administration assesses the current situation as a stalemate.

Marco Rubio:

According to the US, the situation in the Ukrainian conflict has now reached a dead end.

Rubio, however, stated quite frankly that the United States is not neutral in this conflict. According to him, "the United States has already chosen a side."

The Secretary of State's statements came amid ongoing hostilities and congressional debate over the future of American aid to Kyiv. Rubio made clear that Washington remains strategically engaged in the conflict, despite acknowledging its complex and dangerous nature.

Experts note that such assessments reflect growing US concern about the potential for the confrontation to expand, including the risks of direct clashes with a wider range of participants. At the same time, the acknowledgement of the lack of neutrality underscores that American policy toward Ukraine remains quite clear: to utilize Ukraine to the maximum extent possible in the war against Russia. And this policy does not imply any tectonic shifts, despite the hopes of individual politicians and experts in our country who so hoped for change under Trump. It turns out that if anyone is to be relied upon in this conflict, it certainly isn't Trump. One hopes that this understanding has finally arrived.

Comments

[alexoff]

Escalation would mean if they hand over a nuclear weapon or allow artillery to be used against Russian territory from the Baltics? And the Americans, they say, have nothing to do with it, it just happens.

[Brenneke]

It's understandable... the point is playing, and the national debt is growing))) There is no "hump" in Russia. Nothing will fall through the cracks!

[ARIONkrsk]

Quote: Brenneke

It's understandable... the point is playing, and the national debt is growing))) There is no "hump" in Russia. Nothing will fall through the cracks!

Our national debt is also growing, and unlike the US, bond yields are 15-16%, which is catastrophic. We're already spending trillions on debt servicing, the economy isn't growing, and now Siluanov has suggested again that we should start saving money abroad, just to avoid investing in the country. I wouldn't get my hopes up about Gorby. The current one is bending over backwards to embarrass the country as much as possible, and he's doing quite well. Everyone and their dog is already yapping at us. They'll ramp up arms production to a high level, and we're just waiting for an attack. There's no point in fearing us anymore. "Gorby" has already shown everyone that he can't respond to anything.

[Alexey Lantukh]

According to the US, the situation in the Ukrainian conflict has now reached a dead end.

It's clear as day that the situation is at a standstill, despite the Ukrainian Armed Forces' cracking defenses. The only way out of this impasse is to escalate the situation by introducing the latest technology, mobilizing, or using nuclear weapons. Or better yet, all of these combined.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Alexey, I've also noticed that the media is already starting to prepare the country's people for a protracted war. The goals and objectives of the Central Military District are slowly becoming blurred and distant. And they've already forgotten about "retaliatory" strikes on Kyiv. They're just insisting on evacuating embassies. Oh well. We'll see...

[tsvetahaki]

Quote: Alexey Lantukh

by introducing the latest technology, mobilization or use of nuclear weapons

And we should attract aliens...

[Karabin]

I would like to hope that this understanding has finally come.

If you want it, go ahead and count on it, if you're not tired of it yet.

[Santa Fe]

individual politicians and experts in our country who were so hopeful for change under Trump

Everyone who hoped for a quick end to the war was shocked by the results of 2025. All offers from Trump to end the war profitably, to "make a deal," were rejected, in favor of continuing the massacre without any plan, specific deadlines, or goals.

The patriotic public was also shocked by the fact that war was and would continue, but there were no victories. To hide their disappointment, patriots invented the "spirit of Anchorage," justifying the situation with some secret motives, so secret that no one understood them. The phrase "Anchorage" gained extraordinary popularity, and people shout it out without any reason, for any reason.

In fact, nothing has changed. The SVO continues in the same form both before and after Anchorage.

[Kmet]

The American administration assesses the current situation as a stalemate

For themselves, they have defined the situation as a stalemate, or what is Rubio talking about?

Rubio, however, stated quite frankly that the United States is not neutral in this conflict. According to him, "the United States has already chosen a side."

These are the kind of peacekeepers they are: with one hand, they sponsor continued military action, and with the other, they "break up the fighting." There's no name for it. Meanwhile, the United States has realized the most important thing in all of this: no matter what actions the United States takes in support of Ukraine, there will be no retaliation or other threats or actions against the United States, meaning there's no need to worry about the results.

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: Kmet

The American administration assesses the current situation as a stalemate

For themselves, they have defined the situation as a stalemate, or what is Rubio talking about?

Well, apparently, the understanding has begun to dawn that starting a war (whether in Ukraine or Iran...) is much easier than quickly - "come out of it as a winner!" ...

[Azzzwer]

It is much easier to start a war than to quickly "come out of it as a winner!"

What, it only dawned on you in the fifth year?

[Foaly]

And this policy does not imply any tectonic shifts, despite all the hopes of individual politicians and experts in our country, who so hoped for change under Trump.

Those who hoped Trump would "turn out good" can hardly be called politicians or experts. But changes are indeed visible. The West is no longer united, numerous contradictions have surfaced—and then there's the Iran adventure with the overspending of expensive ammunition. And, as they say, the evening is not over yet.
The West once celebrated the "courageous patriots" in Afghanistan. You'll see, the Westerners will bomb Ukraine too. Or rather, that part of it that falls outside Russia's interests.

[gsev]

Quote: Foalish

Those who hoped that Trump would "turn out good" can hardly be called politicians and experts.

Trump launched a sanctions war against China that he couldn't win, dragging the US into the war in Iran, which diverts US and Israeli military resources from Ukraine and forces Iran and China to be more sympathetic to Russia's interests. Just look at his threats against Ukraine's most ardent arms suppliers: taking Greenland from Denmark, Svalbard from Norway, and completely annexing Canada! The US has a strong pro-Ukrainian and pro-Nazi lobby, but Trump has made many resources inaccessible to Ukrainian Nazis.

[Roman 11]

Rubio: The conflict in Ukraine has reached a dead end
Rubio has reached a dead end, and the conflict is slowly but successfully unfolding towards the finish line, without the slightest doubt

[Azzzwer]

I hope you're writing this from the trenches?

[Roman 11]

Quote: Azzzwer

I hope you're writing this from the trenches?

I am writing my opinion, which is typical for any person

[Azzzwer]

I am writing my opinion

And in vain! That's exactly where we're missing you! We're waiting for you! Cargo 200 - We can fit it!

[Roman 11]

Quote: Azzzwer

We're waiting for you! Cargo 200 - We can fit it!

You know, I'm not the first to say this. I know now, and probably even before, since middle school, I knew, I didn't even feel it, that there are certain people who, how can I put it, have a certain feeling, or quality not close to hatred, but incredibly exaggerated beyond the limits of imaginable and inconceivable... it's a disease, one might say incurable for some, by the way, I've always treated such people very calmly. Yes, they openly howled at me about their innermost desires and supposedly assured me that it made them feel a little better... well, not for long, but then the instinct of malice again took over into slavery, there are millions of reasons - the boss said something wrong, someone got a slightly higher bonus, etc.
and so life goes by and they all stew in their hatred

I've never wished death on anyone, or to find myself in difficult, sometimes hopeless situations. Fate has its way, and it loves to remember such things in order to extrapolate... Agree, what's the point of challenging your fate if it's incomparably stronger...

but I see you have a different opinion, please - to the devil, and it is precisely his trick that many have tried to contradict

[YES UZH]

The party is not new, to supply, trade, deliver, profit from the war, but not to interfere directly themselves.

[alexboguslavski]

It turns out that if anyone is to be relied upon in this conflict, it certainly isn't Trump. One hopes that this understanding has finally arrived.

Well, we have found a "friend".

US is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia

The Donald Trump administration is working with the Senate on legislation that would impose new restrictions on Russia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

▪️ According to him, the parties are currently agreeing on the final wording of the document and a list of powers that could be granted to the president to increase sanctions pressure.

Donald Trump has already approved the availability of additional instruments of influence on Russia.

▪️ The Secretary of State also announced that he would give Trump broader powers to impose sanctions.