Putin is in a ‘conflict that he can’t win,’ Rubio says

By Mike Brest

Published March 6, 2022 4:33pm ET

Putin is in a ‘conflict that he can’t win,’ Rubio says — Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a nationally televised question-and-answer session in Moscow on Thursday. Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed claims that Russian special forces are fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine as "nonsense," but expressed hope for success of four-way talks on settling the crisis. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service) | Alexei Nikolsky

In Sen. Marco Rubio’s assessment, Russian President Vladimir Putin is no longer able to “win” the conflict with Ukraine.

The senator’s statements, which he gave on CNN Sunday morning, came a week and a half after Putin launched the invasion into Russia’s smaller neighbor.

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