NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a> met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, saying that President Donald Trump “wants a solution that ends the bloodshed once and for all.”<\/p>\n “Met with Ukrainian President @ZelenskyyUa on Ukraine’s security and deepening defense and economic partnerships,” Rubio wrote in an X post where he shared a photo of him shaking hands with the Ukrainian leader. “President Trump wants a solution that ends the bloodshed once and for all.”<\/p>\n Earlier Saturday, Zelenskyy revealed he had spoken with Rubio as well as Trump <\/strong>envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner ahead of trilateral talks in Geneva, which he said his government expected to be “truly productive.”<\/p>\n “<\/strong>I had a conversation with envoys of President Trump @stevewitkoff and @JaredKushner, ahead of the trilateral meetings in Geneva,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “We count on the meetings being truly productive.”<\/p>\n US OFFICIALS TOUT PROGRESS IN TALKS TO REACH ‘LASTING AND DURABLE PEACE’ BETWEEN UKRAINE, RUSSIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Marco Rubio shaking hands with Zelesnkyy at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.\u00a0<\/span> (Marco Rubio\/X)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Zelenskyy said they also discussed “some developments following the meetings in Abu Dhabi<\/a>, which were held at the end of last month and the beginning of this month.<\/p>\n “Not everything can be shared over the phone, and our negotiating team will present Ukraine\u2019s position<\/a> next week,” the Ukrainian president added.<\/p>\n After the Abu Dhabi talks, Zelenskyy told reporters that the <\/a>U.S. had set a June deadline<\/a> for Moscow and Kyiv to strike a peace agreement.<\/p>\n “The Americans are proposing the parties end the war<\/a> by the beginning of this summer and will probably put pressure on the parties precisely according to this schedule,” Zelenskyy said at the time, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy speaking at the Munich Security Conference.<\/span> (\u00a0Kay Nietfeld\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Zelenskyy added at the time that if the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration would likely put pressure on Moscow and Kyiv to meet.<\/p>\n On Saturday, he also thanked the U.S. for its “constructive approach”<\/a> to ending the war.<\/p>\n “We greatly appreciate that America consistently maintains a constructive approach and is ready to assist in protecting lives,” Zelenskyy wrote. I thank President Trump, his team, and the people of the United States for their support.<\/p>\n Rubio on Saturday also said he had discussed peace between Ukraine and Russia<\/a> at the Munich Security Conference with his G7 counterparts.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Marco](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1200\/675\/marco-rubio-with-zelenskyy.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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