On Sunday, US President Donald Trump announced a “great progress” over Russia, two days after its summit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska with the aim of discussing ways to end the war in Ukraine.
Trump wrote on his platform “Truth Social”: “A big progress around Russia,” Trump wrote on his platform, Truth Sushial. Stay tuned for the news! ”, Without providing more details.
For his part, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, in an interview with the “NBC” network, on Sunday that reaching a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine is “not far -reaching”, but stressed that the success of the negotiations requires concessions from both sides.
Rubio added that the ceasefire agreement must be “always and verified”, noting that Russia is demanding the acceptance of Ukraine’s accession to defensive alliances, and recognition as a sovereign state within the limits that are demarcated in any final agreement.
He stressed that the United States is committed to supporting the drafting of an agreement that guarantees these principles, but at the same time acknowledged that Moscow has not yet been prepared to agree to a comprehensive peace agreement that ends the war.
Regarding the sanctions, Rubio said he does not believe that the package of new sanctions against Russia alone is sufficient to force it to stop the war, but he did not rule out the imposition of “more severe sanctions” if negotiations stumbled.
The US Secretary of State has warned that any decision of President Trump imposing additional penalties on Moscow may lead to the cessation of all talks.
In turn, the American special envoy Steve Whitkov announced on Sunday that President Trump agreed with his Russian counterpart on “solid security guarantees” for Ukraine during their summit in Alaska.
“We agreed on solid security guarantees that I describe as changing the equation,” Witkev told CNN.
Wittakov emphasized that Russia made “some concessions” related to five Ukrainian regions that announced their annexation. He said: “The Russians made some concessions … on all these areas,” referring to Donetsk, Lugansk, Jeruson and Zaburigia partially occupied by Russia and declared its annexation to its territory after its conquest of Ukraine in 2022, and the Crimean island that Moscow included in 20
