Marco Rubio warns Russia to take action on Ukraine peace talks - ‘We will know soon enough, in a matter of weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not,’ said Rubio

Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev discusses his meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington, D.C. on 'Special Report.'

Russia sharply escalated its drone strikes on Ukraine after U.S.-Russia talks began on Feb. 18, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. In the 30 days following the start of negotiations, Russian forces launched roughly 4,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed on Friday that he had met with an envoy for President Vladimir Putin this week and sent him back to Moscow with a message: the clock is ticking on when there needs to be a breakthrough in the peace talks to end the Ukraine war.

After meeting with NATO ministers in Brussels, Rubio expressed frustration with the current state of discussions, stating, "We will know soon enough, in a matter of weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not".

Discussions between U.S. and Russian delegations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine are underway Monday in Saudi Arabia, according to media reports.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Reuters on Friday that any potential peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia would be "difficult to digest" but would still be better than the alternative of more death and destruction.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not received a sign from European nations that they want to engage in talks on ending the war in Ukraine, according to the Kremlin. "So far there have been no signals,