USA to send Ukraine ceasefire proposals to Russia via multiple channels – Rubio

10:11, 12.03.2025 1 min read

The United States will send Russia proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine through several channels, and we hope for a positive response, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

“But before you can negotiate you have to stop shooting at each other, and that’s what the President has wanted to see, and that’s what – that’s the commitment we got today from the Ukrainian side, their willingness to do that. Obviously, now that will be delivered to the Russians. It’ll be delivered to them directly through multiple channels,” he said while speaking to media in Jeddah on Tuesday evening.

Rubio added that the Russians will be informed through diplomatic channels, through conversations and other means.

“But they’ll obviously be well aware. And our hope is that the Russians will say yes, that they will also agree, so the shooting will stop, the killing will stop, the dying will stop, and the talks can begin about how to end this war permanently in a way that’s acceptable and enduring for both sides,” the Secretary of State stressed.