The US must press Russia, otherwise other intermediaries will join.

Moscow has not yet shown any willingness to compromise.

If the diplomatic efforts of the United States fail, other countries, in particular Turkey or China, can join the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia. Moscow has not shown any willingness to compromise, so the international community must force it to change the course through increased pressure, as announced by the Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Radoslav Sikorski, at a joint briefing in Warsaw with the EU chief diplomat Kay Callas,…

EU foreign ministers, including Caspar Veldkamp, believe that pressure on Russia must be increased to end the war in Ukraine. "We see that Russia does not yet have any serious plans for peace," Veldkamp told ANP after a meeting with the ministers in Warsaw. "They continue to literally and figuratively also fire at civilian targets."