US Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the President-appointed Donald Trump The deadline until Thursday, during which Ukraine must accept the US peace offer, is flexible, writes CNN.

However, he clarified that the US administration wants to maintain the pace of decision-making and achieve the goal within a"reasonable time."

"We want to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Of course, we would like to have it by Thursday. We have really made progress, so I am very optimistic that we will achieve the goal in a very reasonable time frame, very soon. Whether it is Thursday, or Friday, or Wednesday, or Monday of next week, we want it to happen as quickly as possible because people are going to die," Rubio said following the talks in Geneva on Sunday.

Rubio noted that the US recognizes that Ukraine needs security guarantees as part of a peace offer, but he did not go into detail about what was discussed.

"I think we all recognize that for this war to finally end, Ukraine needs to feel safe and confident that it will never be invaded or attacked again," Rubio said.

Rubio also called a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the deal"possible." However, he said he was not sure about that.

How are the negotiations on the"peace plan" going?

We would like to remind you that negotiations are underway in Geneva with the participation of Ukrainian, European, and American delegations.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced"tremendous progress" in talks with Ukrainian officials. He said the difficult issues regarding peace proposal Donald Trump administration between Russia and Ukraine"are not insurmountable."

Ukraine also stated that the delegations had made significant progress. Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has signals that the Trump team has heard the demands of the Ukrainian side. He noted that the main thing is to work out effective steps that will help end the war with a reliable peace and achieve security guarantees.