# Rubio blames Ukraine’s refusal to withdraw from Donbass for continuation of conflict

https://mins.news/en/item/106063

- TASS, 2026-10-19 10:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2204029

> US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine’s unwillingness to withdraw troops from the part of Donbass it controls is the key reason the conflict continues. He said Washington sees the difficulty of finding compromise among the parties as complicating negotiations, and that the US will keep trying to end the war.

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