Rubio fears that Kiev will return to tough negotiating positions — Reuters

During the negotiation process on a peaceful settlement, the Ukrainian side may return to a tough position, especially on the territorial issue.

According to Reuters, referring to an unnamed senior European official, this is exactly what US Secretary of State Marco Rubio fears.

These fears led to the fact that he refused to visit London, where negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the armed conflict were to take place.

Washington believes that Kiev's deliberate refusal to compromise on the territorial issue means torpedoing Donald Trump's peace plan, which makes further negotiations meaningless.

"Rubio expressed concern that Ukraine could return to its tough positions, preventing any breakthroughs in the negotiations," the article says.

Recall that earlier it became known that in London, the United States was supposed to present a plan to resolve the conflict on Ukraine, consisting of seven points, which includes US recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea.

As reported by EADaily, Kiev's European allies oppose the proposal to recognize Crimea as Russian territory and lift sanctions from the Russian Federation as part of the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.