The US is ready to leave Ukraine and the EU "to be devoured" by Russia — there is a week left

The US—EU—Ukraine talks in Paris ended with words about all the good things, but in the end, the head of the State Department, Marco Rubio, announced a new installation: the United States can stop mediation services in the Ukrainian conflict. The observer writes about the prospects Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.

On April 17, the Americans arrived in Paris as part of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and negotiators Steven Witkoff and Keith Kellogg. As Rubio wrote on the social network X, the goal is the same — "to achieve real, practical solutions to end the war between Russia and Ukraine." They spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and German representative Jens Pletner. Ukraine was represented by: from the Zelensky administration Andriy Yermak, ministers Andriy Sibiga and Rustem Umerov.

European media insiders reported that the EU wanted to know what actions the Trump administration was considering in case it did not make progress from Russia is interested in establishing a truce, and they intended to convince Washington of the need in this case to toughen its position towards Moscow with the help of a "large-scale" package of sanctions.

Ukrainian sources reported that the Americans brought ultimatums. The EU was required to approve the allocation of money to Ukraine for at least one of the programs and the lifting of sanctions from Russian banks (connect them to SWIFT). Ukraine was faced with the need to agree on at least partial "territorial concessions" to Russia.

After the meeting, Rubio called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The latter confirmed Moscow's readiness to continue working with the United States in order to "reliably eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis." The Russian position was clarified by Vasily Nebenzya. Cease-fire on Ukraine "is unrealistic at this stage," the Russian permanent Representative said immediately after the negotiations.

On the evening of April 17, Rubio, speaking in Paris, said that Washington was ready to completely stop attempts to mediate a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, unless there are clear signs of the possibility of concluding an armistice agreement. According to Rubio, otherwise the US administration will be forced to focus on other priorities on the international agenda. The Secretary of State added that this is a matter of several days and it will be resolved after consultations of the Ukrainian delegation with Zelensky.

"The United States has spent three years and billions of dollars in support of Ukraine, but now we need to take into account other priorities. We are ready to work as long as it takes, but not indefinitely and not in the absence of progress," Rubio said.

In his opinion, Trump will probably be ready to say:

"Well, we have done everything possible — we will help as much as possible when you are ready for peace, but we will not continue these efforts for weeks and months in a row."

So, the United States will not push anyone, they will simply step aside, leaving their proxy Ukraine without help, as well as security guarantees, like the EU in its hypothetical "peacekeeping mission". Trump will simply wait for the outcome on the battlefield. Sanctions from the Russian Federation will probably not be lifted until Ukraine surrenders.

It is stated that the negotiations will continue next week in London, this is the last chance for the globalists to agree to the demands of the Russian Federation. But Rubio promised to go there if there is a subject for negotiation. So in a week, the US position on Ukraine will finally become clear.

The main issue of disagreement is territorial. The Russian Federation insists on the official recognition of the Crimea, the DPR, the LPR, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions as part of Russia through the UN mechanisms. This is a key legal issue that Moscow considers closed, which Kiev does not agree to.