US will drop Ukraine-Russia peace efforts if no progress is made within days, suggests Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

NEW YORK  (TIP): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, April 18,  that the US may be ready to “move on” from efforts for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there is no progress in the coming days.

Speaking in Paris after a marathon day of landmark talks among US, Ukrainian and European officials, Rubio said the discussions had been constructive and produced an outline for steps towards peace.

French officials said a new meeting in the same format is expected in London in the coming days. Rubio said he could join that meeting, and it’s expected early in the week. “We are now reaching a point where we need to decide whether this is even possible or not,” Rubio told reporters upon departure. After weeks of efforts by the Trump administration to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine have failed to bring an end to the fighting, Rubio said the US administration wants to decide “in a matter of days whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks”.

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