Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Monday that Ukraine was unlikely to win back all of the territory captured by Russia since 2014, as U.S. and Ukrainian officials are set to meet for talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

Rubio said that Russia and Ukraine would both have to do "difficult things" to end the conflict.

“The most important thing that we have to leave here with is a strong sense that Ukraine is prepared to do difficult things, like the Russians are going to have to do difficult things to end this conflict, or at least pause it in some way, shape or form,” he told reporters, according to the New York Times.

The secretary said both countries need to understand........

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