U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the United States is engaged in a “proxy” war with Russia in Ukraine, marking a rare public acknowledgment by a Western official following a major shift in U.

US secretary of State argues that aiding Ukraine 'as much as they need for as long as it takes' is not a strategy and that no one has a concrete plan to resolve the war - Anadolu Ajansı

The Kremlin said on Thursday that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's view that the Ukraine conflict is a proxy war between the United States and Russia is in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin's own assessment.