Paris (AFP) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that the United States may “pass” from an attempt to secure A.The peace deal of Russia UkraineIf there is no progress in the coming days, after months of efforts, it failed to put an endFighting.

He spoke in Paris after a teacher talks between us, Ukrainian and European officials produced steps for peace steps and seemed to have made some long -awaited progress. A new meeting is expected next week in London, and Rubio suggested that it may be decisive in determining whether the Trump administration is continuingShare it.

“We are now reaching a point where we need to determine whether or not this is possible,” Rubio told reporters. “Because if not, I only think we will move. It’s not our war. We have other priorities to focus on.”

He said that the American administration wants to decide “within days.”

Progress in the metal deal

Rubio’s comments came at a time when the United States and Ukraine are close to a long -term agreement that gives the United States the arrival of the United States to UkraineVast metal resourcesWhich was linked with the push of President Donald Trump. “We have a metal deal,” Trump said on Thursday. Ukraine Minister of Economy said on Friday that the two countries signed a intentional memorandum before a possible agreement at a later time.

The deal, which is expected to pave the Ukrainian Minister of Economy Yulia Sveridinko that it signed with US Treasury Secretary Scott Pisenet, the way for large investments, updating infrastructure and long -term cooperation.

The metal transaction frame stopped in February after thatA controversial oval office meetingBetween Trump, US Vice President JD Vance, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The negotiations have been resumed since then.

Russia says “open for dialogue”

Meanwhile, Vans said that there were important developments in Russia-Ukraine negotiations during the past 24 hours. He said in Rome: “I will not judge them, but we are optimistic that we hope to bring this war, this very brutal war, in Rome.

Despite the outrageous patience with peace efforts, Rubio called on Thursday Paris Building. Russia or Ukraine was not released as preventing peace efforts. He said he had informed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the outlines that appeared, but he would not say how Lavrov’s reaction was.

When asked about Rubio’s comments on Friday, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters that the “somewhat complex” negotiations are continuing between Russia and the United States that were not provided by the details, but he did not say any direct talks between Trump and Putin in the coming days.

He said: “Russia is seeking to resolve this conflict and secure its own interests, and it is open to dialogue. We continue to do so.”

Peskov has also confirmed that a 30 -day limited ceasefire is supported by Washington that both Russia and Ukraine, which it adopted in principle, had now passed, but it has not been less steps that Moscow may take after that.

While expressing their willingness to implement the agreement, the warring partiesConflicting data has been releasedShortly after their separate talks with US officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They differed at the time of the start of stopping the strikes, and they were determined to semi -medium violations by the other side.

After weeks of tensions with European allies, Rubio said that European negotiators had proven to be useful. “The United Kingdom, France and Germany can help us move the ball to this.”

European concerns grow aroundTrump’s willingness to approach Russia. The talks in Paris have been the first time since Trump opened that US, European and European officials met to discuss the end of the war, which was the largest security challenge for Europe since World War II.

The meetings dealt with security guarantees for Ukraine in the future, but Rubio will not discuss any possible American role in this. An some kind of the United States is seen to Ukraine as it is very important to ensure that Russia is not attacked again after reaching a peace agreement.

Rubio said that Rubio and Presidential Envoy Steve Witkev helped us lead the efforts made to search for peace, and he met and floated three times with Putin. Several roundsNegotiations were held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Moscow has already refused to accept a comprehensive ceasefire on Trump and its rust of Ukraine.Russia has made it conditionalWhen packing efforts in Ukraine and Western weapons supply stopped, which Ukraine rejects.

Ukrainian cities

Meanwhile, Russia continuedA series of deadly strikes on Ukrainian citiesAccording to the officials there, dozens of civilians wounded days after the missiles were killed at least 34 during the palm celebrations on Sunday in the northern city of Sumi.

One person, and 98 others, including six children, died at a time when Russia, Kharkif, hit the second largest city in Ukraine, early in the day, her mayor Ihur Terikov said on Friday. He said that cluster munitions hit a “dense population” alive.

The regional prosecutor’s office said that drones also targeted a bakery in Sumi, less than a week after the deadly palm strike there, killing a customer and wounding an employee. The photos released by the agency showed rows of Easter cakes in a devastating building, covered with thick dust, as it was a huge hole in the wall behind it and the rubble stacked on the floor.

Last Sunday, Sumi, which led to mass injuries, had a large -scale missile attack to demand a civilian life within a little more than a week. About 20 people, including nine children, died on April 4 with missilesZelenskyy hometown of Kryvyi Rih.

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