Rubio says Ukraine attacked ships carrying US-owned oil, demands Zelensky bring an end to this war

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused Ukraine of attacking ships carrying American-owned energy products in the Black Sea and urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find a way to end the bloody war.“We have seen strikes on energy vessels in the Black Sea.And there’s been complaints, a lot, because we have American companies calling us and saying, ‘Hey, that was our oil on that ship that was hit by Ukraine,'” Rubio told Breitbart in an interview released Sunday.“Now, I don’t believe Ukraine intentionally targeted them, but those ships got hit.

And we already have a world that is facing an energy crisis,” he added.“We don’t need any exacerbating situations.

And there’s been frustration that despite these asks, that has happened.”Rubio also insisted Monday that the Trump administration has not paused intelligence-sharing meant to warn Kyiv of impending Russian ballistic missile attacks.“I don’t know where he’s getting these things from or why he’s saying these things to the press,” Rubio told reporters in Uzbekistan in response to Zelensky’s latest complaint.“There’s been no pause.

Zelensky should be focused on bringing an end to this war.”Tensions between Washington and Kyiv have risen since President Trump’s Oct.9 announcement that the US would import hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel in a bid to relieve prices at the pump.During a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin that same day, the Kremlin tyrant suggested that he, Trump, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping sit down and come up with a way to end the brutal war, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.“I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table,” Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday amid bipartisan criticism of his handling of the war in Ukraine.

“Great progress is being made.”“Perhap...