Momentum in the trilateral talks (between Ukraine, the US, and the aggressor state, russia) aimed at ending the war has been lost in recent months as Kyiv and moscow have begun to feel more confident.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, May 13.
Rubio acknowledged that in the last few months, the negotiators have “lost some momentum.” According to him, this happened for several reasons.
“The Ukrainians feel increasingly confident about their battlefield position; they got through the winter; the Russians feel a little bit optimistic because the price of oil is up,” the Secretary of State said.
Rubio noted that US President Donald Trump’s team is ready to facilitate a diplomatic end to the war. He also expressed hope that the moment will soon come when “both parties re-engage.”
The Secretary of State emphasized that the US is ready to act as a mediator and “bring that to a conclusion,” since “we’re the only country in the world” that can do so.
According to him, Trump believes this is a senseless war and simply wants it to end.
"And he’s right. I mean, you have people dying in massive numbers on both sides. Ukraine is going to spend two decades rebuilding. The damage to the Russian economy is extraordinary. The Russians are losing 15-20,000 soldiers a month dead. Not injured, dead. It’s a bad war," Rubio said.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on March 14, the press secretary of the russian dictator, Dmitry Peskov, stated that moscow opposes European countries acting as mediators in peace talks.
As a reminder, on May 7, the russian dictator’s aide, Yuri Ushakov, said that russia refuses to continue trilateral talks until Ukraine withdraws its troops from the Donbas territories under its control.
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