Alex Raufoglu

3 days ago | kyivpost.com | Alex Raufoglu

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump raised expectations once again on Sunday over a possible peace agreement in Russia’s war against Ukraine, writing in a social media post that he hoped for a diplomatic breakthrough in the coming days without specifying what that might entail, Kyiv Post’s Washington correspondent reports. “Hopefully Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week,” Trump wrote in all capital letters on Truth Social platform.

6 days ago | kyivpost.com | Alex Raufoglu

WASHINGTON DC – Former US President Joe Biden’s top national security aide on Europe dismisses President Donald Trump’s recent narrative on Russia’s war in Ukraine as claims that his predecessor and the Ukrainian leadership had failed to prevent “avoidable war.” Ambassador Michael Carpenter, who served as Senior Director for Europe at the National Security Council under the Biden White House, acknowledged in an interview with Kyiv Post’s Washington correspondent that early donations of more...

6 days ago | kyivpost.com | Alex Raufoglu

Reported from Washington D.C. - The top US diplomat said Friday that his country was prepared to be engaged in Ukraine peace efforts for “as long as it takes, but not indefinitely, not without progress,” Kyiv Post’s Washington correspondent reports.Speaking to reporters at Le Bourget airport in France before flying to Washington Friday morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Paris talks “constructive, very helpful” and thanked European partners for hosting them, signaling another...

6 days ago | kyivpost.com | Alex Raufoglu

The United States said Thursday it has now finalized “presenting to all parties” its framework of a durable and lasting peace in Ukraine, after high-level talks in the French capital, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio ending the day by calling Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to “convey… the same message the US team communicated to the Ukrainian delegation and our European allies in Paris.” State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce praised “the encouraging reception” of the US...

1 week ago | kyivpost.com | Alex Raufoglu

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and presidential special envoys Steve Witkoff and retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg will spend today and tomorrow in Paris to discuss joint efforts to kick start peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, as well as the fate of the “coalition of the willing,” a UK- and French-led mission of over 30 nations that would uphold a potential ceasefire deal with Russia, two senior US officials told Kyiv Post’s Washington correspondent.