Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration’s support for Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to India. Rubio told reporters the nation “as a sovereign state would not exist” without assistance from the US. Mica Soellner of Bloomberg Government has more.
Source: [Bloomberg Markets](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-10-21/rubio-says-ukraine-wouldn-t-exist-without-us-support-video)