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US needs to "move on" if it’s not possible to end Ukraine war, Rubio warns

18 April 2025 20:53 (UTC +04:00)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that if it is not possible to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, the US needs to abandon its efforts, APA reports citing CNN.

“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” he told reporters. “We need to determine very quickly now, and I’m talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable.”

Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff met with European and Ukrainian officials in Paris yesterday as President Donald Trump’s administration pushes for an end to the war.

A US-authored outline of a peace plan had received an “encouraging reception” at the talks, according to the State Department. Rubio also spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and conveyed the same outline, the department said.

Rubio said he and Witkoff had come to Paris to “begin to talk about more specific outlines of what it might take to end the war” and whether or not the war could be ended.

“It’s not our war. We didn’t start it. The United States has been helping Ukraine for the past three years and we want it to end, but it’s not our war.”