US State Department: The only topic of negotiations with russia is a ceasefire in Ukraine

The US State Department stated that the key issue in the negotiations with russia remains a ceasefire in Ukraine. As State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce emphasized, until there is progress in this direction, it is impossible to discuss other topics.

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"It is a meat grinder. There is – nothing else can be discussed for the outcome until the shooting and the killing stops," Bruce said, commenting on the situation with the fighting.

She emphasized that a ceasefire is the only position advocated by the administration of President Donald Trump in negotiations with russia. Bruce noted that the US is now expecting concrete action from the kremlin: "I think everyone understands the perspective is that President Trump is involved in this. We’ve got the best diplomats in the world with certainly being led by Secretary Rubio. All of our leadership, but particularly President Trump and Secretary Rubio in public, have made it clear what’s at stake when it comes to the nature of this situation ending."

Bruce also noted that there is no military solution to this war: " It is a dynamic that will not be solved militarily. It is a meat grinder. There is – nothing else can be discussed for the outcome until the shooting and the killing stops."

She recalled that "Secretary Rubio made clear at NATO in his press conference that we would, in fact, know in a matter of weeks if Russia was serious" about a ceasefire.

"And so we’ll take that – him at his word, certainly, as we do. And I think Russia certainly needs to take that seriously, and we’ll play that out. This is not going to go on for six months or a year or anything else. And the President has also made it clear we want diplomacy. But the fact is, is that we’re watching and judging as this process continues," the spokeswoman concluded.

Recall that back in March, Ukraine agreed to the 30-day ceasefire with russia proposed by the United States. Moscow refused to agree and put forward conditions, including the cessation of Western aid to Ukraine, the lifting of sanctions, the refusal to mobilize, etc.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on April 2, Ukraine handed over to the United States evidence of the aggressor country russia's violation of the moratorium on strikes on energy infrastructure facilities.

On March 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the russian army continued to strike at Ukrainian energy facilities.

On March 11, Ukraine agreed to a US proposal to immediately implement a temporary, 30-day ceasefire.