Vance tried to praise diplomatic efforts led by the Trump administration to seek a peace deal with Russia, but Zelensky questioned him on the value of diplomacy when

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should apologize to President Trump over Friday’s heated Oval Office showdown, expressing doubt over whether the Ukrainian leader wants to forge a peace agreement to end the war in Eastern Europe.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded an apology from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday night, accusing him of turning a White House meeting into a “fiasco” that undermined President Donald Trump’s push for peace in the Russia-Ukraine war.