The U.S. and Russia will appoint teams to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine “as soon as possible,” the State Department said Tuesday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would “never” accept a peace deal brokered between the Trump administration and Russia without Ukraine’s involvement.
Officials from both countries agreed to end the war "as soon as possible," the State Department ... [+]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov—who met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday—agreed to appoint “high-level teams” to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine “in a way that is enduring, sustainable and acceptable to all sides,” State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.
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