Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine in the “critical” week of peace talks

Ukraine army “The intensity of its fighting” said during what Foreign Minister Marco Rubio described “a very important week of peace talks.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces in Ukraine stated that there were 177 combat clashes over the past day, including 91 air strikes “at Ukrainian units and settlements.” The fighting comes despite the Russian president Vladimir Putin Recently, a three -day ceasefire was announced next month to celebrate the eighties of the Victory Day in World War II.

“Despite the loud statements to a holidays in May, the occupiers have increased significantly from the intensity of the fighting,” General Olksander Serski, President of the Ukraine Army, said in a statement on Wednesday.

During the emergence of Sunday morning on “Meet The Press” from NBC, Rubio said that a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia He is “still not present”, but he noticed that “a very critical week” is waiting for this effort.

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“Last week was related to the fact that these parties are really close to, and whether they are so close to the extent that this deserves a continuous investment in our time as a mediator in this regard,” Rubio said.

“This week will be a very important week in which we need to make a decision on whether this is an endeavor we want to continue to participate in, or if it is time to focus on some other issues that are equal if not more important in some cases,” continued.

“We have made real progress, but the last steps of this trip have always been more difficult,” said Rubio. “This should happen soon. We cannot continue, as I said, to devote time and resources for this issue if not.”

Russia declares a 3 -day ceasefire in Ukraine for victory day, World War II

the The White House was revealed President Donald Trump wants to do “everything that requires it” to bring Putin to the peace talks table with Ukraine, including slapping Russia with additional sanctions.

During the weekend, Trump wrote on the social truth, “This is the sleeper Joe Biden war, not mine.”

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“It was a loser from the first day, and it should have never happened, and it will not happen if I was president at that time. I only try to clean the chaos that Obama and Biden left for me, and what is the chaos. With all of that it was said, there was no reason for Putin to shoot the missiles in civilian regions, cities and cities,“ Trump wrote. ”This makes me think that he may not want to stop the war, he only exploits me. Through “banks” or “secondary penalties?” Many people die !!! ”

Anders Hagstrom and Stephen Sorace from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.