Rubio meets the Russian Foreign Minister on Thursday
Rubio meets the Russian Foreign Minister on Thursday
The US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio to meet the Russian Secretary of State Sergey Lavrov on Thursday. This meeting takes place just a few days after the frustrated statement by President Donald Trump, who accused the leadership of Wladimir Putin not to participate in peace talks with Ukraine, as a high -ranking civil servant of the Foreign Ministry reported.
meet in Malaysia as part of the Asean
The meeting is scheduled for Malaysia and will take place as part of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Trump emphasized several times this week that Ukraine needs defensive weapons. These comments fell during a period in which the Pentagon arranged a stop of the arms transfer to Ukraine, which led to confusion about the continued military support of the United States for Ukraine.
ignorance of ceasefire break
Defense Minister Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before giving the green light for the break at the arms deliveries to Ukraine last week, which also surprised Rubio, reports cnn . Immediately after this arrangement, Trump expressed that at least some of the weapons transport would be continued.
Russia's drone attack on Ukraine
According to these statements, Russia has started its biggest drone attack on Ukraine to date, in which more than 700 drones were used, as the Ukrainian Air Force reported. It will be the second meeting of Rubio with its Russian counterpart; The first took place in Saudi Arabia this year. In the past few months, the two have communicated several times by phone, while the United States was pushing peace between Ukraine and Russia, which, however, did not come about.
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