US Ultimatum on Ukraine Peace Deal: Progress Needed Within Weeks or Focus Shifts

US Peace Initiative for Ukraine

• 🇺🇸 The US will cease efforts to broker peace in Ukraine within days unless significant progress is made, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
• ⏳ A determination on the feasibility of a peace deal must be made quickly, within the next few weeks.
• 🎯 If the initiative is not deemed "doable," the US will shift focus to other priorities.

Progress and Reception

• 🤝 Substantive, high-level, in-person talks involving European powers were held in Paris.
• ✨ A US peace framework presented by Rubio received an "encouraging reception."

Russia's Stance

• 🇷🇺 The Kremlin acknowledges that a "settlement not easy."

Other Agreements and Statements

• 💎 A minerals deal is expected to be signed soon, with the assumption that parties will uphold its terms.
• 🗣️ Former President Trump stated that the war would not have started under his presidency and expressed dissatisfaction with the current situation, though he did not hold Zelensky responsible.
• 🚫 It was clarified that "Witkoff has no mandate to discuss Ukrainian territories."