Posted on 02/18/2025 1:57:52 PM PST by marcusmaximus
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the United States is working toward a "fair" and "sustainable" solution to end Russia’s three-year war on Ukraine, but that both Moscow and Kyiv would have to make concessions to achieve peace.
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Rubio said he was "convinced" that Moscow was willing to engage in a "serious process" to end the war, which Russia started with a full-scale invasion of its neighbor three years ago next week.
Lavrov had a similar upbeat view of the talks, saying, “We weren’t just listening to each other, but we heard each other. I have reason to believe that the American side started to better understand our positions.”
Tens of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, along with Ukrainian civilians, have been killed in the fighting, Europe’s worst conflict since World War II.
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As the invasion started, Moscow hoped for a quick takeover of all of Ukraine. But with stiff Ukrainian resistance, the war instead evolved into a grinding ground conflict and daily aerial bombardments by each side.
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Zelenskyy is due to host the U.S. envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, for talks on Wednesday.
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That’s what you have to say in these situations, boilerplate stuff.
Wolverines!!! 😂🤡
This is not about just the Ukraine or Russia.
A re-alignment is in process.
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