The US top diplomat has dismissed Vladimir Zelensky’s claims Washington had pressed Kiev into ceding Donbass Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has lied about Washington pressing Kiev into withdrawing from Donbass, according to US Secretary of State Marko Rubio. In an interview with Reuters aired earlier this week, Zelensky accused the US of making its offer of security guarantees to Ukraine conditional on Kiev ceding all the contested territory in Donbass to Russia. The Ukrainian leader