During multiple press interviews on Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio touted alleged progress at President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while offering few specifics to back up his claims.

NBC’s Kristen Welker played a clip on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” of Rubio criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Rubio suggested in the clip that the U.S. should not “cut a deal” with Putin, saying that he was a “liar.”

Trump’s friendly stance towards Putin, on full display in the recent meeting of the two leaders, doesn’t reflect popular opinion in the U.S., says Putin foe Bill Browder. He recalls that, when he and Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza lobbied for the Magnitsky Act in 2012,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he was present during Donald Trump's phone call with Vladimir Putin. The US President is turning his attention to securing a trilateral deal with Ukraine and Russia in the hopes of ending the war between the two sides.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "both sides are going to have to make concessions" to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells "Meet the Press" that a Ukraine ceasefire is “not off the table” after President Trump dropped his demand for one during his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin.

Secretary of State Rubio said Trump's position on the war in Ukraine hasn't changed after Friday's summit with Putin and that Ukraine must be involved in peace talks.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the premise of this question from CBS "Face The Nation" host Margaret Brennan about Trump's meetings last week with Vladimir Putin and next week with Volodymyr Zelensky: Brennan asked: "You know,

You can’t cut a deal with a guy like this,’ said Rubio of Vladimir Putin shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine