
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sharply accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of lying after the Ukrainian leader claimed the Trump administration was conditioning U.S. security guarantees on Ukraine withdrawing from the Donbas region, escalating tensions between Washington and Kyiv during fragile peace negotiations with Russia.
Speaking to reporters during a diplomatic trip to Europe, Rubio directly rejected Zelensky's comments about the negotiations and appeared visibly frustrated by the growing public dispute between the two allies.