US will drop Ukraine peace deal if there’s no progress, says Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said the US might “move on” from trying to secure a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there was no progress in the coming days, after months of efforts had failed to bring an end to the fighting.

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He spoke in Paris after landmark talks among the US, Ukrainian and European officials produced outlines for steps toward peace and appeared to make some long-awaited progress.

“We are now reaching a point where we need to decide whether this is even possible or not,” Rubio told reporters upon departure. “Because if it's not, then I think we're just going to move on.”

“It's not our war,” Rubio said. "We have other priorities to focus on.”