Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Saudi Arabia, where he is scheduled to begin talks with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine. But Ukrainian and European officials have not been invited to take part. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared on “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: “I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine. Never. And our people, never. And our adults and children and everybody, it can’t be so. This is the war in Ukraine against us, and it’s our human losses.”

Zelensky has also rejected a demand by President Trump for Ukraine to give the United States ownership of 50% of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting an emergency European summit today in Paris over Ukraine. For the first time, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has offered to send British troops to Ukraine to provide security if a peace deal is reached.