MUNICH -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC), saying the world is at a "defining moment."
"The world is changing very fast right in front of us. The old world is gone -- frankly, the world that I grew up in -- and we live in a new era in geopolitics, and it's going to require all of us to sort of reexamine what that looks like and what our role is going to be," Rubio said in comments before departure at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
Rubio said he would likely meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich, although he was not "100 percent" certain the meeting would happen.
Asked about ongoing Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which have plunged hundreds of thousands into cold and darkness in winter, Rubio said this is why Washington is continuing its peace efforts.
"People are suffering. It's the coldest time of year. It's unimaginable suffering," he added.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha told RFE/RL he expects to speak with Rubio as well.
"We will be interested [in continuing] our regular contacts at the highest levels," said Sybiha, who welcomed visitors including German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to a drone exhibition at Ukraine House in Munich.
"Only [US President Donald] Trump could end the war, only the American side," Sybiha told RFE/RL.
