Trump Frustrated by Russia's Rigidity Over Ukraine — Rubio

TASS ^ | 7/10/25

[marshmallow]

The secretary of state added that the US president was also disappointed by the lack of progress in the Russia-Ukraine peace process

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump has been frustrated by the rigidity on the Russian side over the conflict in Ukraine.

Nevertheless, the United States is prepared to continue dialogue for reconciliation.

"The president has been pretty clear: he is disappointed and frustrated that there’s not been more flexibility on the Russian side to bring about an end to this conflict. We hope that can change. We are going to continue to stay involved," he told reporters.

He added that the US president was also disappointed by the lack of progress in the Russia-Ukraine peace process, adding that Washington has spent significant time and effort for it.

Lavrov met with Rubio in Kuala Lumpur on July 10. Their previous meeting took place during Russia-US talks in Riyadh on February 19.

On July 7, US Department of State Spokesperson Tammy Bruce announced that Rubio will depart to Kuala Lumpur to take part in an ASEAN event and hold a number of bilateral meetings. Lavrov travelled to Kuala Lumpur on a visit on July 10-11.

[dforest]

Putin is exercising his deal making. Two stubborn guys. LOL

[GrootheWanderer]

He’s just figuring out Putin is the bad guy?

[DownInFlames]

Putin is going keep going until the last drop of Russian blood is spilled. They have no armour to speak of leaving the groun troops fighting as in WWI. We all know how that went.

[Dutch Boy]

When have Russians ever been flexible to anything?

[Brian Griffin]

The Russians are going to hang tough until they see something they can swallow. The Ukrainians are likely to do the same.

The thing to do is to get all the issues each side has an interest in out in the open. This is best done by asking each side to craft in writing what they think is a complete agreement.

If a demand is unreasonable, the reasons why must be stated in writing by the US or the opposing party.

During the EU-Brexit negotiations, nothing was agreed until everything was agreed.

[rottweiller_inc]

Trump is frustrated because he see’s this as a blocking action on the Peace Prize he’ll seeming do anything to get.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“ The thing to do is to get all the issues each side has an interest in out in the open.”

It is in the open. Ukraine: “Russia, get out of Ukraine.” Russia: “No.”

Pretty simple. Ukraine should have kept a couple of nukes from the 94’ treaty.

[chopperk]

Putin is trying to save his political neck. Russia has lost millions of lives and billions of rubles to get control of the Ukraine.

[marron]

An interesting feature of this war is what heavy use of drones has done to tank warfare. I have to assume that our planners are taking note.

[Brian Griffin]

The Russians are using artillery and drones to kill off Ukrainian troops. They figure that if they kill enough, Ukraine will have to give up.

The Russians aren’t accepting a ceasefire offer because each month Ukraine can train, arm and bring into service tens of thousands of new troops. A short-term ceasefire would work against the Russian attrition strategy.

[Brian Griffin]

Modern anti-tank weapons have made traditional tanks into self-propelled steel coffins.

[Kazan]

Trump was right in February when he said Russia holds all the cards. He has no leverage to work with.

[Seruzawa]

Putin merely has to wait a few years.

[PGR88]

Call it rigidity, or call it “the constantly-repeated reasons for and goals of their invasion since February. 2022.”

American politics has become more soviet than the soviets were. Our leaders speak their slogans and make their public comments, and we all have to guess: “did they mean it? Was that just for the newspapers? What will change? What’s their real reason for doing this? They must have a different baseline? What did their underlings say?”

[Brian Griffin]

“Ukraine should have kept a couple of nukes from the 94’ treaty.”

North Dakota declares independence.

North Dakota Supreme Court issues court order for USAF to turn over nuclear missiles in North Dakota over to North Dakota National Guard.

Col. Air Force tells North Dakota National Guard brigade leader to shove court order up the governor’s posterior.

[wiseprince]

sending a couple hundred thousand troops at the border with Estonia, Finland. Also, put a few interceptors in Sweden and then invite Moldova into NATO. Just to be annoying to Putin. Right on the border, armed to the teeth and say we won’t touch Ukraine. I’d just like to hear the response. That’s how you’d have to negotiate a Ukraine deal but I don’t think Trump cares enough to do this. Also, get really aggressive in the Oceans where the US undoubtedly runs it.

[Brian Griffin]

"The linguistic composition of the uyezds (povits) of Taurida in 1897. Ukrainians in yellow, Russians in red, Crimean Tatars in green, Germans in gray, Yiddish speakers in blue, and others in purple. (in Ukrainian)"

"Taurida Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It included the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and the mainland between the lower Dnieper River with the coasts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It formed after Taurida Oblast was abolished in 1802 during the course of Paul I's administrative reform of the territories of the former Crimean Khanate which were annexed by Russia in 1783. The governorate's centre was the city of Simferopol. The name of the province was derived from Taurida (Greek: Ταυρική), a historical name for Crimea.

"Today the territory of the governorate is part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts of Ukraine, which were annexed by Russia but remain internationally recognized as part of Ukraine."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurida_Governorate "Taurida Oblast (Russian: Таврическая область, Tavricheskaya oblast′) was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of the Crimean Peninsula and parts of the Southern Ukraine regions. It was created out of territories of the Crimean Khanate, which Russia annexed in 1783. In 1796 it was merged into the Novorossiya Governorate. The name Taurida comes from the old Greek name for the area, Tauris, as in ancient times several Greek city-states had developed colonial outposts in the area.

"The oblast was created under the Imperial ukase of February 1784 signed by Catherine the Great."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurida_Oblast

[chud]

An interesting feature of this war is what heavy use of drones has done to tank warfare. I have to assume that our planners are taking note.

They'd better take note.

We've had multiple drone incursions here in the U.S. since 2019, most recently the 17 consecutive nights of drone swarms over Langley AFB in December 2023 and the recent New Jersey drone sightings, near where Picatinny Arsenal is located.

General Glen VanHerck and General Gregory Guillot said on 60 Minutes that we do not have the ability to detect and track drones at low altitude.
Senator Roger Wicker said there's a perception that this is "Fortress America" and no one is going to attack our homeland, but that assumption is wrong.

And today, I saw on the news that Iran released a statement saying that a drone could strike President Trump at Mar a Lago while he's sunbathing.

We're due for another 9/11 here if people don't wake up.

[dforest]

I really can’t disagree with you. Too much power nuance overload.

You are spot on and it causes a lot of commotion.

They are stuck on the “ceasefire” aspect. Until that gets trashed this will keep on. Face it, the trust factor for a ceasefire isn’t there to work with.

Ceasefire doesn’t work in every situation and Russia has been around long enough to wait for when we are actually ready to work on a permanent solution.