US To Exit Ukraine Peace Push If Deal “Not Doable Within Weeks”, Russia Says “Settlement Not Easy”

US President Donald Trump will walk away from trying to broker peace in Ukraine within days unless there are signs of progress, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday (April 18).His comments followed U.S. talks with Ukrainian leaders in Paris - the first to be substantive, high level, in-person, and to include European powers."We're not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and I'm talking about a matter of days whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks. If it is we're in. If it's not, then we have other priorities to focus on as well." This was despite apparent progress in Paris on Thursday (April 17), where Rubio said a U.S. peace framework he presented received an "encouraging reception." n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION1:26 ‘UKRAINIAN SETTLEMENT NOT EASY”, KREMLIN REACTS2:48 US SEALS UKRAINE MINERAL DEAL?6:06 “WITKOFF HAS NO MANDATE TO DISCUSS UKRAINIAN TERRITORIES”