Since Donald Trump took office in January peace talks between Ukraine and Russia have not gone well. Now US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that the US will abandon peace talks on Ukraine within days unless progress toward a truce is seen. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00Since Donald Trump took office in January, peace talks between Ukraine and Russia have not gone
00:04well. Now U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that the U.S. will abandon peace talks on
00:10Ukraine within days, unless progress toward a truce is seen. Telling reporters recently,
00:15quote, we're not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end. We need
00:19to determine very quickly whether or not this is doable. If it's not going to happen, then we're
00:23just going to move on. Rubio emphasized the U.S. has other priorities if a peace deal is not
00:29imminent. The Trump administration had expressed confidence in reaching a quick ceasefire after
00:33taking office, but efforts have stalled. Russia insists on conditions for a ceasefire, with
00:38Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov calling negotiations quite difficult, but claiming
00:43Russia remains open to dialogue. Ongoing missile attacks by Russia continue, with multiple civilian
00:48deaths after recent airstrikes. The U.S. and Ukraine signed a memorandum of intent to form an economic
00:54partnership, but Ukrainian officials stress that any ceasefire must come with security guarantees.
00:59Meanwhile, the 30-day Russian moratorium on attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure
01:03has just expired.