Trump, Rubio to make decision on Ukraine-Russia talks in 2 weeks

US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce. Photo: Reuters

US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are taking the progress of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia quite seriously and are ready to make appropriate decisions after the two-week deadline announced by Trump.

This was stated by US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Fox News.

When asked by the host when this two-week deadline, which has been repeatedly announced and «is constantly moving, will actually come», Bruce denied saying that «it is not moving».

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«We have a recent statement from both the president and the secretary indicating that this is not a long-term thing. This is not just a standard operating procedure. It's not going to go on for months or years when we have standards and guidelines for what should be happening,» said Tammy Bruce.

She noted that Trump «is hopeful» for progress in the talks, but is determined, as evidenced by «his recent very aggressive posts on Truth Social about his frustration with Putin, about what he knows, about how he feels he has changed».

«The president (Trump) is very open about how he feels, there is a new framework, a new timeframe when we will know if they (Ukraine and Russia) are serious, and they (Trump and Rubio) will make decisions accordingly,» the State Department spokeswoman stated.

Bruce also added that the US demands are known to both sides.

Earlier it was reported that US President Donald Trump had criticised Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, saying that he was «playing with fire».