Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine, and the pressure should be placed back on them, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joel Rubin says.
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00:00Yeah, I mean, very hard to predict. But I mean, what does President Trump do now? What
00:05would you advise him to do now? Should these talks even be taking place in Moscow, in your
00:11opinion?
00:12Yeah, no, I would advise stay the course. Look, ultimately, it's crucial to have a diplomatic
00:17arrangement that ends this war. But be clear-eyed about what the real roadblocks are. Roadblocks
00:23are not all coming just from Ukraine, as you may have thought and even have been communicating
00:29that Russia started this war. Russia is the aggressor in this war. Russia has to be thought
00:35of as a belligerent. And that means think about actions that you can take to try to
00:41flip the narrative and put the pressure back on them now that Ukraine has taken your hints
00:47and agreed to what you're looking for in the near-term ceasefire. So stay the course and
00:52find a way to continue to balance the diplomacy and to get Russia and Vladimir Putin's attention,
00:58because clearly it doesn't seem like he has it yet. President Trump does not have it yet.