Verity Bowman
May 2, 2025
The United States will no longer mediate peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia after Vladimir Putin refused to sign up to a ceasefire.
The State Department said it is changing “the methodology of how we contribute” to the talks and will no longer “fly around the world at the drop of a hat” for meetings.
It comes after the US signed a minerals deal with Ukraine on more favourable terms that was originally thought. Donald Trump also reportedly signed off his administration’s first round of weapons deliveries to Kyiv.
The State Department said that Kyiv and Moscow must now present “concrete” proposals for ending the war and should meet directly to resolve the conflict.
Mr Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with Mr Putin. US intelligence briefings overnight also suggested Mr Putin is now in a weakened position and has shifted his war goals to consolidate gains
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Trump approved first batch of weapons to Ukraine day before exiting talks
The day before the US State Department said it would no longer mediate peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, the Trump administration approved its first arms exports to Kyiv.
Last night, the State Department said it is changing “the methodology of how we contribute” to the talks and will no longer “fly around the world at the drop of a hat” for meetings after Vladimir Putin refused to agree to a ceasefire.
Yet the announcement came not long after it was revealed that the Trump administration informed Congress it would approve arms exports worth at least $50million to Ukraine on Wednesday.
The permission is the first of its kind since Mr Trump returned to office more than 100 days ago, marking a significant change in its policy, and came just weeks after Washington paused all Ukraine-related military aid for review.
The move to send arms to Ukraine followed Washington and Kyiv signing a long-contested rare minerals deal that granted the US preferential access to to exploit Kyiv’s vast resources.
Ukraine war won’t end any time soon, warns Vance
The war in Ukraine will not end “any time soon”, the US vice president has said.
Speaking to Fox News, JD Vance said Donald Trump had brought Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table but that it would now be up to them “to come to an agreement and stop this brutal, brutal conflict”.
“It’s not going anywhere… it’s not going to end any time soon,” he added.
The Kremlin has expressed a willingness for direct talks with Ukraine, but this week rejected a US peace proposal because it did not grant international recognition to territory seized by its troops.
Ukraine has repeatedly rejected recognising Russian annexation of its territory, saying that Vladimir Putin should not be rewarded for his aggression.
Putin switches war aims
Vladimir Putin has changed his goals in the Ukraine war to solidifying his hold on occupied territory and boosting Russia’s economy, according to new Western intelligence.
It’s a shift from earlier US and western assessments that Putin felt he had the upper hand in the war, as well as the momentum and manpower to take the whole country.
Two US sources told CNN the belief Putin has changed his thinking may have influenced Donald Trump’s belief the Russian leader is more willing to consider peace now than in the past.
Senior US officials remain suspicious that Putin might try and seize the rest of Ukraine in the long-term.
“I think that he may be thinking – I don’t want to say thinking smaller – but thinking about what a reasonable nearer-term objective is,” a senior western intelligence official told CNN.
But they don’t say whose side they are on or whether they will continue to provide aid at the level of Biden; even if fully paid for by the defenders.
Steve Witless’s groveling to a child-murderer has done untold damage to America’s reputation for defending democracy.
The putler murder gang will feel that they achieved the upper hand both in the “negotiations” and in their war aims.
Actions speak much louder than words…especially media interpretations of words.
“The State Department said that Kyiv and Moscow must now present “concrete” proposals for ending the war and should meet directly to resolve the conflict.”
WTF?
Are they complete idiots or what?
Kyiv accepted everything that was put to them in terms of ceasefire.
I suppose they now want Zel to sign off on Crimea with nothing in return.
There will be three more years of genocide unless Trump acts decisively on the side of the victim for once.
“Are they complete idiots or what?”
Washington was not all there already under Biden, Trump has only expanded on the buffoonery in every possible way. You could say, Trump has perfected imperfection.
“Putin has changed his goals in the Ukraine war to solidifying his hold on occupied territory and boosting Russia’s economy, according to new Western intelligence.”
That leaves Ukraine with a limited time window: as stated previously, the rat nazi intends to swamp the occupied territories with orcs; eventually millions.
By that time it will be impossible to recover those lands.
So Ukraine must as usual hope that its so far fair weather friends find the steel to become foul weather friends.
As for Trump, it seems doubtful that he will provide Ukraine with what it needs to defeat the cauldron of devilry.
Look at the words of VanZkov: not one word of compassion for the victims of such indescribable horror and not one word of criticism of the foul scum responsible.
There can surely never have been a VP of such moral bankruptcy in the entire history of the United States.
Speaking to Fox News, JD Vance said Donald Trump had brought Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table but that it would now be up to them “to come to an agreement and stop this brutal, brutal conflict”.
No you didn’t. You didn’t mediate or negotiate anything, except deals for the grifter masquerading as a POTUS. As soon as the mineral deal was signed, you threw in the towel to concentrate on more “important” things.
Now that the US are out of the way, Ukraine can get some real negotiuators that are not on the side of the aggressor.