Tallahassee, Dec. 2 -- Russia will inevitably have to be involved in any durable settlement to the war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after holding talks with a Ukrainian negotiating team in Florida.
Rubio met the delegation led by Kyiv's top security official, Rustem Umerov, on Sunday to discuss President Donald Trump's evolving peace roadmap. The meeting also included Trump's peace envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his unofficial advisor Jared Kushner, who despite not having a registration as a formal employee in his father-law's second term, has been a highly influential figure, shaping much of Washington's diplomacy initiatives from the shadows.
Addressing reporters afterwards, Rubio said the discussions had moved the proc...