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The US is retreating from their participation in peace negotiations Between Russia and Ukraine to end the war, but they do not move completely.
Tammy Bruce, a spokeswoman for the US Department of Foreign Affairs, said on Thursday that the US will not be « intermediaries » in the next process. The New York Post and The Telegraph reported on Friday.
According to the US daily, this decision reflects the frustration of US President Donald Trump due to a lack of progress between Kiev and Moscow in connection with the effort to end the war.
« We will not fly all over the world to call us to mediate meetings, » Bruce said, adding that Washington is still determined to help make an agreement. According to the spokeswoman, it is time for Russia and Ukraine to « translate and develop a concrete idea of how this conflict will end ».
According to Bruce, Trump’s government is frustrated that Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently weight with concrete steps to peace, although the Kremlin chief repeatedly claims to be ready for it.
« We are watching Putin’s actions, not words. And yet he gradually specified a very specific time frame. He spoke a few weeks ago about weeks, a few days ago, » Bruce said. « This could be a decisive week, » she added.
The spokeswoman of the Ministry of Diplomacy on Friday stressed that the US is not fully moving out of efforts to reach peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Bruce reported only the day after the US and Ukraine signed an agreement on minerals on the resignation of the United States from participating in peace negotiations. On this basis, a joint investment fund for the renewal of Ukraine will be set up and the United States will provide a priority approach to new investment projects focused on mining of Ukrainian natural resources, including aluminum, graphite, oil and natural gas.
The possible withdrawal of Washington from peaceful efforts was repeatedly announced by the head of American diplomacy Marco Rubio and the American Vice President of JD Vance. Vance said in an interview with Fox News on Friday that the war in Ukraine « will not end in the foreseeable future ». Rubio said in another interview for the same television that there must soon be a « breakthrough », otherwise Trump will have to decide how much time he would devote to the conflict resolution.
The British newspaper The Telegraph writes that the US will not mediate negotiations after Putin disagreed with the proposed ceasefire. According to the daily, Trump has mitigated his attitude towards Kiev in recent days for growing frustration against Putin. Although the Kremlin expressed his willingness to negotiate with Kiev, he refused the American peace proposal this week because, according to The Telegraph, it did not guarantee international recognition by Moscow occupied by Ukraine. (TASR)
