The war in the Ukraine is in its third year. While a lot of progress in peace talks was made in the last 100 days under the auspices of the Donald J. Trump US administration, we’ve apparently come to the point where the initiative must now be seized by the Russian and Ukrainian warring parties.
For weeks now, we have been hearing from Trump and his top cabinet members that, because of the lack of tangible progress by the two sides in the peace process, the US may be about to leave the position of a mediator in the negotiations.
It seems that this day has arrived.
First, Marco Rubio told Fox News that progress between Russia and Ukraine was ‘not fast enough.
Then, VP JD Vance told the same Fox News that the Ukraine war is ‘not going to end any time soon’, in a rare admission of the difficulties that the peace process is facing.
Sky News reported:
“Russia and Ukraine are getting closer to a peace deal but not fast enough, the US’s top diplomat has said.
Marco Rubio repeated that Washington was ready to step aside and stop pursuing peace should a deal not materialize – a threat he’s made several times in the past week.
‘I think we know where Ukraine is, and we know where Russia is right now… they’re closer, but they’re still far apart’, he said during an interview on Fox News.
But vice president JD Vance told the same network that he didn’t see a quick end to the conflict.
‘It’s not going anywhere… it’s not going to end any time soon’, Vance said.”
Vance on the Russia-Ukraine War: “It’s not going to end any time soon. And I think the Ukrainians, yeah they’re angry they were invaded, but are we going to continue to lose thousands and thousands of soldiers over a few miles of territory?” pic.twitter.com/TC3DWbSMch
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) May 1, 2025
“Vance on the Russia-Ukraine War: ‘It’s not going to end any time soon. And I think the Ukrainians – yeah, they’re angry they were invaded, but are we going to continue to lose thousands and thousands of soldiers over a few miles of territory?’”
After that, a much more direct assessment came from the State Department, showing that the US role will from now on be a different one.
Meduza reported:
“The United States will no longer ‘fly around the world’ to act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine as part of a shift in Washington’s approach to peace negotiations, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.
According to Bruce, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made it ‘very clear’ that the U.S. is changing ‘the methodology of how we contribute’ to the talks — and that it will no longer play the role of intermediary. ‘[W]e certainly are still committed to it and will help and do what we can’, she said. ‘But we are not going to fly around the world at the drop of a hat to mediate meetings’.”
Bruce said it is now time for both sides to ‘present and develop concrete ideas about how this conflict is going to end’. She also emphasized that the U.S. is ‘clearly […] not removing any sanctions that currently exist’ against Russia.”
“We will not be the mediators.
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We are not going to fly around the world at the drop of a hat to mediate meetings.That it is now between the two parties”
Sounds like the US is out from the negotiations process?!! pic.twitter.com/nOq5KzIdhn
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 2, 2025
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