US Secretary of State Rubio talks about the Ukrainian conflict: This conflict, although people have always called it the war in Ukraine, is about Donbass and about a certain region of the country. At its core, it concerns 11% of a region in this country. Russia wanted this area but was unable to take it by military means, and Ukraine was unwilling to give up.

US Secretary of State Rubio talks about the Ukrainian conflict: This conflict, although people have always called it the war in Ukraine, is about Donbass and about a certain region of the country. At its core, it concerns 11% of a region in this country. Russia wanted this area but was unable to take it by military means, and Ukraine was unwilling to give up.