State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about a Ukrainian counterproposal to end fighting with Russia, and ongoing negotiations.
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00:00On the, after the latest round of talks in London, Ukrainian officials say they submitted their own counterproposal to the U.S. plan.
00:08Can you say if the Trump administration is giving that counterproposal any weight, or is the U.S.-backed framework on the table the only path towards peace that the administration is considering?
00:18You know, what I've noticed here about Secretary Rubio and President Trump is flexibility.
00:22Is that no matter what's going on, and even reflecting back on when everyone thought everything was over after President Zelensky's visit to the Oval Office, oh, it's over, all of this is done.
00:33And it wasn't, and it isn't, because this is about human beings having conversations, negotiating literally existential issues where their decisions make a difference of who's alive the next day.
00:45It is, I'm just in the periphery of watching these men and women work on this.
00:52So I, without knowing the details or speaking to the specifics of what you're asking, I can tell you that it is the commitment, is the, the end point is what they're committed to, and willing to do what it takes to get to that end point.
01:06Regarding London, as an example, we know that Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, participated in what were positive talks in London,
01:13and with the head of the President's office, Andrei Yermak, the President, of course, of Russia.
01:21It's time to move forward, also, on President Trump's Ukraine-Russia war directive, which is very simple, to stop the killing, achieve peace, and which, all of that puts, of course, America first, and as a result, it puts the world first.
01:37All right, so Russia-