President Donald Trump has warned that the United States could walk away from efforts to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine “very shortly” if progress isn’t made. The US president said he was hopeful a ceasefire could be reached but made it clear that if either side proves too difficult, the US would simply “take a pass.”
"It's a vicious battle with the best equipment, the best everything, and it is brutal. 2,500 young people a week, some of them not so young, actually. They're getting older. They're getting older by the month."
"But 2,500 a week, and we're going to get it stopped, ideally. Now, if for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say you're foolish, you're fools, you're horrible people, and going to just take a pass. But hopefully we won't have to do that," the US President said.
His comments came just hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking in Paris, said the administration was reassessing the viability of continued peace talks. “We need to determine very quickly, in a matter of days, whether this is doable in the next few weeks. If it’s not, then we have other priorities to focus on,” Rubio told reporters.
Although recent meetings in Paris involving US, Ukrainian and European officials were described as “constructive,” Rubio warned that the clock is ticking. He revealed that a new round of talks in London could be decisive, adding, “It’s not our war.”
Meanwhile, the US and Ukraine have signed a memorandum of intent for a minerals deal that could lead to major infrastructure investment and cooperation, a key development tied to wider negotiations.
"It's a vicious battle with the best equipment, the best everything, and it is brutal. 2,500 young people a week, some of them not so young, actually. They're getting older. They're getting older by the month."
"But 2,500 a week, and we're going to get it stopped, ideally. Now, if for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say you're foolish, you're fools, you're horrible people, and going to just take a pass. But hopefully we won't have to do that," the US President said.
His comments came just hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking in Paris, said the administration was reassessing the viability of continued peace talks. “We need to determine very quickly, in a matter of days, whether this is doable in the next few weeks. If it’s not, then we have other priorities to focus on,” Rubio told reporters.
Although recent meetings in Paris involving US, Ukrainian and European officials were described as “constructive,” Rubio warned that the clock is ticking. He revealed that a new round of talks in London could be decisive, adding, “It’s not our war.”
Meanwhile, the US and Ukraine have signed a memorandum of intent for a minerals deal that could lead to major infrastructure investment and cooperation, a key development tied to wider negotiations.
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