ADVERTISEMENTThe United States remains involved in peace efforts in Ukraine, but intends to reduce its role as mediator, said the United States Department of State.
“We are not going to browse the world at the foot raised to serve as a mediator during meetings; it is now between the two parties, and it is now that they must present and develop concrete ideas on the way in which this conflict will end,” spokesperson Tammy Bruce told the press.
This announcement marks an important change in Washington’s approach and comes after months of Russia blocking diplomatic efforts aimed at bringing Kyiv and Moscow to agree on an agreement to end the war of Russian aggression, which is in its fourth year.
In April, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington could be ready to “turn the page on cease-fire efforts if no progress was made quickly.
After weeks of effort from the Trump administration to negotiate a ceasefire that failed to end the fighting, Rubio said that the US administration wanted to decide “in a few days if it is doable or not in the coming weeks”.
The political pivot also suggests that US President Donald Trump is increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress made after boasting on the campaign track before the November presidential election that he could end the war in one day.
“If one of the two parties makes things very difficult, we will simply say: ‘You are crazy, you are fools, you are horrible people’, and we will pass our turn,” said the American president on April 18.
On May 1, Vice-President JD Vance seemed to reflect Trump’s weariness with regard to the peace process, declaring in an interview with Fox News that it was unlikely that the war will end “.
-It will “belong to the Russians and the Ukrainians, now that each party knows what are the conditions of peace of the other. It will be up to them to find an agreement and to put an end to this brutal conflict,” he said.
Intensification of diplomatic efforts
The United States has intensified its diplomatic efforts at the start of the year, in particular by negotiating proposals for 30-day ceasefire And partial truces aimed at putting an end to attacks on civil energy infrastructure.
The United States has also Maintained with Russian representatives in Saudi Arabiawhich aroused a nervous reaction from Ukraine and its European allies, who felt excluded from the peace process.
So far, Moscow has blocked or rejected all peace proposals, and Russian forces have intensified their strikes throughout Ukraine.
On April 24, a series of attacks against Kyiv, who left at least 12 deadaroused a rare reprimand by Russian President Vladimir Putin from his American counterpart.
“I am not satisfied with the Russian strikes on Kyiv. It was not necessary and the moment is very badly chosen. Vladimir, stop! 5,000 soldiers die every week,” said Trump in a message published on his social social platform.
“We have to conclude the peace agreement,” he concluded.
ADVERTISEMENTKyiv has accepted the ceasefire plans supported by the United States and continues to demand an unconditional cessation of hostilities. However, she has repeatedly warned that the delayed progress on the side of Moscow was a tactic aimed at wasting time.
