Rubio: "If the US "crushes" Russia with sanctions, who will talk to Moscow about a ceasefire"
![]() 418 Wednesday, 25 June, 2025, 12:58 President Donald Trump will buck Europe’s pleas to ratchet up sanctions on Russia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday, saying the U.S. still wants room to negotiate a peace deal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders are hoping to convince Trump later on Wednesday to add more sanctions on Moscow. “If we did what everybody here wants us to do, and that is come in and crush them with more sanctions, we probably lose our ability to talk to them about the ceasefire and then who’s talking to them?,” Rubio said in an exclusive interview with POLITICO on the sidelines of the NATO summit. |
#WP: "Trump believes that Ukraine should go on the offensive"
264Yesterday, 16:39"If we have to choose between peace and stability and a visa-free regime, we will choose the first" - Kobakhidze
310Yesterday, 15:57Israeli Ambassador to Russia։ "War against Iran will resume if it returns to nuclear program"
288Yesterday, 15:27Belgian House of Representatives adopts resolution condemning Azerbaijan
196Yesterday, 15:01Israel Kills Three Senior Hamas Officials
191Yesterday, 14:45"The United States supports efforts to promote peace and stability in the South Caucasus" - State Department
224Yesterday, 14:03Azerbaijan will not participate in the CIS Economic Council session in Moscow
235Yesterday, 13:09Israel sends humanitarian aid to Syria's Druze
285Yesterday, 12:51