Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 9, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images HALIFAX, Nova Scotia AP —

Lawmakers critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual proposal offering Washington’s positions.

A State Department spokesperson denied their account, calling it “blatantly false.”

Rubio himself then took the extraordinary step of suggesting online that the senators were mistaken, even though they said he was their source for the informat

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