During a press conference in Budapest with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the ongoing Ukraine conflict, remarking on the peculiar response from certain factions of the international community. He pointed out that while typically, diplomatic efforts to end a war would be celebrated, in this scenario, some actors have instead criticized these attempts. Rubio emphasized that the US has played a unique role in attempting to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, claiming it is one of the few countries that successfully organized negotiations between the two.