Trump’s talks Russia-Ukraine will enter a critical week: Rubio

Us Secretary of State Mark Rubio – Note President Donald Trump not yet imposed Punishment for Russia For his permanent war with Ukraine, because the White House still hopes that diplomacy may end the war.

“At the moment when you start doing such things, you go from it,” Rubio said on Sunday at “Get to know the NBC press.

Rubio said that the next week would be “very critical” for the White House, because it is “determination about whether it is an effort in which we want to continue to participate.”

“There are reasons to be optimistic, but there are reasons to be realistic,” Rubio said, adding, “We are close, but we’re not close enough.”

“Throughout this process, it is about determining whether both parties really want peace, and how close they are after 90 days of effort here … That’s what we try to determine this week,” Rubio said.

Rubio’s comments come when Trump is increasing pressure on Russia and Ukraine to reach a peaceful deal. Trump met on Saturday with Ukrainian president VolodyMyr ZelenskyyImmediately before the possibility of tougher sanctions against Moscow.

Rubio said Trump “made real progress” in approaching war, but “those last couple of steps of this journey will always be the most difficult, and this should happen soon.”

“We cannot continue, as I said, devote time and resources to this effort, if it does not come to fruits,” he added.

Trump on Saturday disclosed Will the President of Russia Vladimir Putin He wants to “stop the war” against Ukraine.

“It makes me think that he may not want to stop the war, he just listens to me, and they need to fight for a place, through” banking “or” secondary sanctions? “Too many people die !!!” Trump wrote about the truth of the social.

His post came immediately after he held a private meeting with Zelensky in Rome, which the White House called a “productive discussion”.