Donald Trump could walk away from Ukraine peace efforts ‘in days’

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President Donald Trump may walk away from Ukraine peace efforts in a matter of days if he can’t end the war, a US official has said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: ‘We need to determine very quickly now, and I’m talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable.’

Mr Rubio had been in Paris holding high-level talks with European and Ukrainian officials.

He said he and special envoy Steve Witkoff had began ‘to talk about more specific outlines of what it might take to end the war’.

‘If it’s not possible, if we’re so far apart that this is not going to happen then I think the president is probably at a point where he’s going to say we’re done,’ he added.

epa12038482 People inspect the site of a rocket attack near a high-rise building in a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 18 April 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. At least one person died, and more than 80 others were injured, including six children, according to the State Emergency Service. EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV — People inspect the site of a rocket attack near a high-rise building in a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine (Picture: EPA)

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‘It’s not our war. We didn’t start it. The United States has been helping Ukraine for the past three years and we want it to end, but it’s not our war

‘President (Trump) has spent 87 days at the highest level of this government repeatedly taking efforts to bring this war to and end.

‘We are now reaching a point when we need to decide and determine whether this is even possible or not. Which is why we’re engaging both sides.’

This is despite Russian president Vladimir Putin releasing an onslaught at the start of the Easter weekend.

epaselect epa12038469 A damaged class-room of a school near the site of a rocket attack in a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 18 April 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. At least one person died, and more than 80 others were injured, including six children, according to the State Emergency Service. EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV — A damaged class-room of a school near the site of a rocket attack in a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today (Picture: EPA)

One person was killed this morning on an attack on a factory baking sweets and chocolate.

The head of Sumy district state administration Mykhailo Melnyk said: ‘ ‘Around 5 am, the enemy struck a UAV type ‘Shahed’ on the pastry shop. Damaged production of Easter cakes.

‘The entrepreneur who came for the products was killed. An employee of a confectionery shop sought medical attention.’

The attack on Sumy follows another strike on Palm Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said was ‘right in the heart of the city’.

It killed 34 people, including two children and injured 117 others.

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