Rubio says US has "done its best" for Ukraine peace and now understands Russia "better"
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:32:19 +0300
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has assessed that Washington has made sufficient efforts to reach a peaceful settlement between Ukraine and Russia.
Source Rubio in an interview with The Free Press, an American Internetbased media company, as reported by European Pravda Details Rubio believes that there is no military end to this war and that the United States is trying to promote a diplomatic solution.
What I would say were involved in is understanding what the Russian position is.
We have a better understanding of that now because weve actually spoken to them after three years of not speaking to them.
What is the Ukrainian position and figure out are these guys even in the same neighbourhood because of their completely different zip codes, he said.
Then, we may have to conclude that theyre so far apart that peace is impossible at this time, he added.
Rubio pointed out that the United States, for its part, has done our best and will continue to do so as long as theres a realistic path forward.
If at some point we determine that were just too far apart and not enough movement is happening, we may need to move on to other priorities because there are a lot of important things happening in the world.
This is not our war, Rubio said.
He explained that a peaceful settlement does not depend on the US, but its up to Russia, and its up to Ukraine.
Background Earlier, Rubio announced that the United States is prepared to abandon its efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine if no progress is made in the coming days.
US President Donald Trump confirmed he might also walk away from attempts to broker a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, though he did not specify the conditions under which this would occur.
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