US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting with Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov (not pictured) at the Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Oct. 19, 2026. (Credit: Kylie Cooper/Pool/ Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Monday that there had been any suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine and called on President Volodymur Zelensky to "focus" on ending the war with Russia.
"What he should be focused on and what we want to be focused on is bringing an end to this war," Rubio said while on a trip to Uzbekistan for talks with Central Asian leaders. He said there had been no "pause" in the sharing of intelligence as Kyiv authorities have claimed.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Monday that there had been any suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine and called on President Volodymur Zelensky to "focus" on ending the war with Russia.
"What he should be focused on and what we want to be focused on is bringing an end to this war," Rubio said while on a trip to Uzbekistan for talks with Central Asian leaders. He said there had been no "pause" in the sharing of intelligence as Kyiv authorities have claimed.