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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that in the next few weeks a roadmap for a return to formal negotiations on a settlement of the Ukraine conflict could be worked out. Rubio spoke after the return of Trump special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner from their “meaningful” talks over the weekend in Moscow and Kyiv.
Rubio said the Witkoff-Kushner delegation had brought back new ideas from Moscow that could form the basis of a new round of negotiations. “I think there is an opportunity here,” he said. “Meaningful negotiations took place over the weekend in Moscow and in Kyiv and I hope we can use that as a vehicle to resume negotiations — the United States has always been a willing mediator.”
Rubio did not announce a ceasefire or confirm a specific timeline. He stated, however, that Washington believes a negotiating framework could be ready within weeks if both sides hold their current positions.
The Moscow visit included a reported three-hour session with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Witkoff and Kushner then traveled to Kyiv for consultations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government before returning to Washington.
The Trump administration has consistently framed the Ukraine conflict as one requiring a negotiated political settlement rather than an indefinite military stalemate sustained by Western transfers. President Trump has previously stated that Putin would not attack NATO allies and has questioned the strategic logic of open-ended conflict on Russia’s western border.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to detail the discussions, saying the two sides “discussed a number of issues” but that “no decisions were made.” The State Department did not elaborate on the specific “new ideas” brought back from Moscow.
Rubio said the State Department would continue shuttle diplomacy in the coming days to convert this weekend’s conversations into a concrete framework for resumed negotiations.
