Rubio spoke in Paris after talks among U.S., Ukrainian and European officials produced outlines for steps toward peace and appeared to make some progress.

Sec. of State Marco Rubio warns U.S. will cease efforts to secure peace between Russia and Ukraine if the effort does not appear achieveable in the short term

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that if it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, the United States needs to abandon its efforts within “days” and move on.

Ukraine imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies on Friday claiming they were involved in production of advanced Iskander missiles, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alleged that China had been supplying weapons to Russia.

Ukraine has intelligence which shows China is supplying artillery and gunpowder to Russia, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. "We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in the production of some weapons on the territory of Russia,

"Today we have general information from the Security Service (of Ukraine), from intelligence about gunpowder, artillery," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.