US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that new ideas for peace with Ukraine had been exchanged during a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, but he tempered ceasefire hopes.
Rubio said that Moscow had proposed a “new and different approach” while adding, “I don’t want to overpromise.” Moscow said the meeting was a “substantive and frank exchange.”
The talks came after US President Donald Trump has expressed increasing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, Trump accused Putin of “bullsh*t” by slow-walking peace talks, and recently threatened to support a bill that would impose steep sanctions on Russia, including 500% tariffs on nations that buy Russian exports.
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