The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said on Friday, April 18 that Washington could stop talking to end the Ukraine War in a matter of days unless there is a rapid progress from Moscow and kyiv.
The warning confirmed a sudden change of US messages., With Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he said in Paris that the United States “would continue” if “if peace were not” feasible. “
Trump has been pressing both sides on a truce, but has failed to extract any important concession from Kremlin despite a call that breaks the ice with Russian president Vladimir Putin and repeated negotiations with Moscow.
“Yes, very little,” Trump told reporters in the Oval office when he was asked to confirm what Rubio had said about the abandonment of conversations. “There is no specific number of days, but quickly. We want to do it.”
Trump refused to blame Putin, who ordered the large -scale invasion of February February of Ukraine, or the president of kyiv, Volodymyr Zenskyy. But he insisted that both parties had to progress.
“Now, if for any reason one of the two parts makes it very difficult, we will say:” You are nonsense. You are silly. You are horrible people, “and we are going to take a pass,” Trump said. “But I hope we win” T to do that. “
‘Move on’
Moscow has maintained attacks on Ukraine, killing at least two people and wounding more boxes in attacks on the northeast regions of Kharkiv and Sumy, Ukrainian officials said.
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One of the few commitments Trump had expelled from Russia, a temporary moratorium on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure strike, “expired” on Friday, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in response to an AFP question.
After meeting with European officials in Paris to discuss a high fire, Rubio said Washington needed to discover soon that a high fire was “feasible in the short term.”
“Because it is not, so I think we are going to move on,” he told reporters. But he speaks on a trip to Italy, American vice president JD Vance still insisted that he was “optimistic” about finishing the three -year war.
Trump promised to finish the war within 24 hours after assuming the position, but he has little to show for his efforts so far. He has embarked on a search for approach with the Kremlin that has alarmed kyiv and has taken a wedge between the United States and his European allies. He and Vance also had a row of the Oval office in February with Zelensky, whom he was still responsible for the invasion of Moscow.
Trump insisted that he was not “interpreted” by Moscow, accused by Ukraine or dragging his feet.
“All my life has been a great negotiation and I know when people are playing us and I know when they are not,” added the multimillionaire property tycoon.
‘Mockery’
Meanwhile, Zensky criticized the latest attacks on his country, which occurred a few days before Easter. Kyiv announced previously that he had received the bodies of 909 soldiers from Russia.
“This is how Russia begins on Good Friday, with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, Shahed drones. A mockery of our people and cities,” Zensky said on Telegram.
Russia said he had reached “key drone production sites” and Ukrainian military airfields.
Putin last month rejected a joint American-rough proposal for a complete and unconditional break in the conflict, while the Kremlin has made a truce in the conditional of the Black Sea in the West raising certain sanctions. Trump has also repeatedly expressed anger and frustration to Zensky in a marked rest of his predecessor, Joe Biden.
Ukraine will sign an agreement next week in Washington that would give the United States access to its mineral resources.
Meanwhile, European powers have been looking for a seat at the table in negotiations, partly as Trump’s administration insists that the continent should share the load for Ukraine security. France organized meetings between US and European officials in Paris on Thursday, saying that conversations had launched a “positive process.” The meetings included the French president Emmanuel Macron, Rubio and the American envoy Steve Witkoff.
However, many allies have been alarmed by Witkoff, who recently with Putin in Russia, repeating Moscow’s conversation points about the war.
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