On the evening of April 29, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the time has come for concrete proposals from moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine, again threatening that the US will withdraw from the role of mediator between Ukraine and russia.
This is reported by Sky News.
Thus, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce quoted Rubio as saying that the time has come when "both sides must provide concrete proposals on how to end this conflict."
"How we proceed is a decision that now belongs to the President. If there is no progress, we will withdraw as mediators in this process," Bruce said.
Meanwhile, at a recent meeting of the UN Security Council, US diplomat John Kelly blamed Russia for the ongoing bloodshed, saying it had "unfortunately" carried out high-profile strikes "that have led to senseless deaths, including of innocent civilians."
"Russia now has a great opportunity to achieve lasting peace," Kelly said, adding that the burden of ending the war lies with russia and Ukraine.
He continued: "It is up to the leaders of both countries to decide whether peace is possible. If both sides are willing to end the war, the United States will fully support their path to lasting peace."
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier told reporters that US President Donald Trump would abandon attempts to broker a peace deal between russia and Ukraine within days unless there were clear signs that a deal could be struck.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Heorhii Tykhyi, said that the Ukrainian side perceives statements about the possible withdrawal of the United States from the negotiation process to end the russian-Ukrainian war as a communication strategy and does not "dramatize" these signals.
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