Rubio pushes for Ukraine and Russia to reach swift peace agreement

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised the unit connected Ukraine and Russia to negociate a bid statement connected Sunday.

"This week is going to beryllium a truly important week successful which we person to marque a determination astir whether this is an endeavour that we privation to proceed to beryllium progressive in, oregon if it's clip to benignant of absorption connected immoderate different issues that are equally, if not much important," Rubio said connected US television, referring to Washington's relation arsenic a mediator.

But helium refused to supply a factual reply to the circumstantial question of however agelong Kiev and Moscow inactive had to scope an agreement, saying it would beryllium "silly" to acceptable a circumstantial date.

Of a imaginable agreement, Rubio said that the extremity had not yet been reached. "There are reasons to beryllium optimistic, but determination are reasons to beryllium realistic of course, arsenic well. We're close, but we're not adjacent enough."

"We've made existent progress, but those past mates of steps of this travel were ever going to beryllium the hardest ones," helium said.

The US could not proceed to give clip and resources to these efforts if they did not pb to success, Rubio said.

US President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky connected the sidelines of the ceremonial work for pope Francis successful Rome. During his instrumentality travel to the US, helium accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of not earnestly wanting to extremity the warfare - and threatened Moscow with caller sanctions.

Washington is putting unit connected Ukraine to judge an statement to extremity the warfare that would impact steep concessions, financially and territorially. Meanwhile Moscow continues to bombard its neighbour contempt stated calls for peace, successful the full-scale penetration launched by Russia successful 2022.