But now we got to bring the conflict to an end, and there's enormous killing, enormous economic damage. The deal that is on the table is the notion that The Europeans would step up and actually pay a much bigger burden of the defense of Ukraine. We have to give Ukraine confidence that their sovereignty is going to be protected in the future. I agree with the senator. Russia is the aggressor. (13:30–13:42)
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Asserts that the deal on the table involves Europeans taking on a larger share of Ukraine's defense costs.
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