Rubio warns Russia: time pressure, while allies Putin's will to peace doubt

Rubio warns Russia: time pressure, while allies Putin's will to peace doubt

Brussels-US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Friday that he spoke to a envoy of President Vladimir Putin this week. He sent him to Moscow with a clear message: Time is urged in the peace talks to terminate the ukraine-kriegs .

urgency of peace talks

"Time is coming," said Rubio, "she is pretty short." At the end of the two-day meeting, the NATO Foreign Minister in Brussels said Rubio expressed the wish of the United States to see concrete progress within a few weeks. "At some point it will be clear whether you want to peace [Russia] or not."

US farming and frustration towards Russia

Rubio emphasized that it was not a threat, but the current state of thinking of the Trump administration. Last week President Donald Trump's dissatisfaction with his Russian counterpart became clear. Trump stated that he was recently "angry" during a conversation with the Russian leader, who had rejected Trump's proposal for an immediate and complete ceasefire in Ukraine.

signs of an approximation?

Ukrainian and European leader believe that Putin wants to make time, while Trump and his envoy Steve Witkoff - the Putin have already met twice this year - insist that Putin is aiming for a peace agreement.

expectations of the negotiations

challenges and skepticism

Rubio emphasized that progress must now be made. "There can be no conversations about discussions." Putin-sent Kirill Dmitriev announced on Thursday that the recently agreed ceasefire, which ended the attacks on the energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, was a sign of success. He described this as "the first de -escalation in three years". However, many aspects remain unclear, and the high NATO-official explained that Russia continues to use drones for attacks and that there are still disagreements between Ukraine and Russia on the list of forbidden goals.

Russia and the incompatibility of the goals

The long-term goals in Russia in Ukraine have not changed, according to the NATO official. "The Kremlin will continue to explain that Russia is ready to speak, but there is a difference between talking and negotiating," he added. "We continue to doubt that Putin's team comes to the table with good intentions." The recent announcement of Russia to carry out the greatest convening of recruits for years is also not a positive sign of the intentions of the Kremlin with regard to an armistice.

previous results of the talks

After the White House had announced that the ceasefire would be extended to a moratorium for fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea, the Russians added conditions, including the lifting of sanctions. Russian officials insist that an agreement to end the fights in Ukraine must address the "causes of war".

outlook for the future

In Brussels, a meeting of the NATO UKRAINE council took place to confirm the support of the members for Ukraine. However, no progress has been achieved in relation to long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, which has so far rejected the Trump administration. Rubio met on the sidelines of the talks with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, who informed Rubio about Russia's violations of the energy armistice and Putin's team did not seriously try to progress.

In the talks between Russia and the USA, both sides have expressed the desire to talk about the time after the war and to focus on financial initiatives. Dmitriev, the head of the Russian state fund and an advocate of closer economic relationships with the United States, visited Washington this week and emphasized Russia's wish to return to the international stage after three years of isolation from Europe and the USA under Joe Biden. "The Trump administration understands the concerns of Russia," Dmitriev told the Russian state media after his meeting with Witkoff.