US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that if it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, the United States needs to abandon its efforts within “days” and move on.

Marco Rubio emphasizes before leaving Paris that Trump will not continue with the "efforts" for "weeks or months". US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has threatened that the US will "abandon efforts" for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine if there are no clear signs "in the coming days.

Ukraine imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies on Friday claiming they were involved in production of advanced Iskander missiles, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alleged that China had been supplying weapons to Russia.