Rubio says Trump admin will know Russia's interest in Ukraine ceasefire soon, as Putin accused of stalling
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Brussels — Britain and France on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in ceasefire talks aimed at halting his country's invasion of Ukraine. The countries demanded a swift response from Moscow after weeks of U.S. efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it would be clear "very soon" whether Putin was serious about reaching a peace deal.
A Russian drone attack late Thursday on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killed five civilians and dramatized the diplomatic insistence on a ceasefire. Emergency crews carried black body bags from a burning apartment building as onlookers wept and hugged in the dark.
Some of the 32 injured, bloodied and in shock, limped out into the street or were carried on stretchers as flames shot from the windows of their homes.
