Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States’ position on the Russia–Ukraine war is reaching a point where an “immediate cease-fire” can be declared between the two sides, according to the department.
During a call with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Rubio said the “top priority remains bringing an end to the fighting and an immediate cease-fire” in the Russia–Ukraine conflict, according to a State Department readout of the call.
Rubio also spoke with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, with the U.S. secretary of state saying that regarding Ukraine, the two “discussed the meeting between the chancellor, [French] President [Emmanuel] Macron, [British] Prime Minister [Kier] Starmer, [Polish] Prime Minister [Donald] Tusk, and [Ukrainian] President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy in Kyiv and our shared goal of ending the war in Ukraine.”...
