Kremlin agrees with Marco's Rubio ‘proxy war’ remark on Ukraine conflict

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

We can and want to agree with it, and we agree with it. That's the way it is. We have said this repeatedly. We have said that this is actually a conflict between Russia and the collective West. And the main country of the collective West is the United States of America,

Peskov said of Rubio's remarks

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

It's been very clear from the beginning that (U.S. President Donald Trump) views this as a protracted, stalemated conflict,

Rubio told Fox News in an interview on Wednesday

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

Their plan is to give [Ukraine] as much as they need for as long as it takes. That’s not a strategy,

said Rubio, a former foreign policy hawk who had previously called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “thug” and a “gangster.”