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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says talks in Geneva over Washington’s draft plan to end the war in Ukraine have yielded “tremendous progress”. Officials from the United States, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, the United Kingdom and Germany participated in the talks.
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has given an upbeat assessment of talks with Ukrainian officials about how to end the war with Russia. Mr Rubio said sticking points which remained were "not insurmountable".
Ukraine launched US-supplied ATACMS missiles into Russian territory this week — the first confirmed strikes of their kind — after Washington quietly allowed Kyiv to use the long-range weapons for attacks across the border,
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US sanctions on big Russian oil firms are having their intended effect, Treasury official says
The sanctions were intended to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and bring an end to the war that began when Russia invaded in February 2022. U.S. officials on Thursday pointed to the price of key grades of Russian oil now selling at multiyear lows, citing publicly available data.
The timing is striking. Even as US and Ukrainian delegations report progress in Geneva, Kyiv is under pressure to accept a deal containing many items it strongly objects to. Dmitriev’s remarks imply that Ukraine’s resistance is merely a phase in an inevitable outcome.
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