The United States has warned that it will not be fooled by President Putin into “endless negotiations” over a ceasefire in Ukraine, as European governments criticised the Russian leader for dragging his feet.
Speaking at the end of a two-day Nato meeting in Brussels, Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said Washington would “know soon enough, in a matter of weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not. I hope they are”.
Rubio added: “If this is dragging things out, President Trump’s not going to fall into the trap of endless negotiations about negotiations.”
