"Marco Rubio stated, 'That's a lie. And I saw him say that. And it's unfortunate he would say that because he knows that's not true and that's not what he was told.'"
"Lavrov claimed, 'We are intent on defending international law,' while denying that Russian forces targeted civilian areas during the conflict in Ukraine."
"French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot responded, 'You do not defend international law by launching a war of aggression,' emphasizing Russia's actions in Ukraine."
Marco Rubio rejected Volodymyr Zelenskyy's assertion that the Trump administration required Ukraine to cede the Donbas region to Russia for US security guarantees. Rubio stated that the US has made no such demands in discussions with Ukraine. Zelenskyy had claimed that US security guarantees were contingent on ceding Donbas, which Rubio labeled as false. Additionally, French public television faced backlash for airing an interview with Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, who denied Russia's violations of international law in Ukraine while criticizing US actions in the Middle East.
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