The United States announced plans to verify the sincerity of Russia's intentions in Ukraine

In The United States intends to test how sincerely Russia wants to achieve a settlement of the conflict on Ukraine. This statement was made on February 26 by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an interview with Fox News.

"I do not know. I think we will check it," he commented on the question of the sincerity of the intentions of the Russian side.

According to the Secretary of State, the details of the agreement will be discussed between American and Russian diplomats. He also added that Washington is in communication with Kiev at the level of foreign ministers.

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Earlier, on February 24, US President Donald Trump announced the progress in the negotiation process between Russia and the United States on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. According to him, the negotiations are going "very well."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on February 20 that Russia I am impressed by the position of the new Washington administration on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine. According to him, the new US administration holds different views — they say that it is necessary to establish peace as soon as possible and to do so through negotiations.