Trump attempt to broker peace in Russia Ukraine war
The clock is ticking on President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaling that the administration will abandon the initiative within days if no clear path to an agreement emerges.
Speaking in Paris on Friday after high-level talks with European and Ukrainian leaders, Rubio emphasized the need for swift progress.
“We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and I’m talking about a matter of days whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks,” Rubio said. He added that Trump, who has invested significant effort in the push, is eager to shift focus to other pressing global priorities.
“The president feels very strongly about that. He has dedicated a lot of time and energy to this … this is important, but there are a lot of other really important things going on that deserves just as much, if not more attention.”
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Both sides should probably take the deal Trump is offering, since the war is dragging on with thousands of deaths and not much progress by either side. Russia thought the war would be won in a matter of days when it started, but now, over two years later, it continues. Russia started the war because it thought Ukraine was going to join NATO. That has not happened, although NATO countries have supplied Ukraine with equipment and possibly intel. Putin appears to be hoping to reinstate Soviet era policies, but the Russian troops do not appear up to the task.
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