特朗普放话：短期再无进展，就放弃

当地时间4月18日，美国总统特朗普表示，如果一方“让和解变得非常困难”，他将不再为结束俄乌冲突而努力调解。

Donald Trump has said the US will "take a pass" on brokering further Russia-Ukraine talks if Moscow or Kyiv "make it very difficult" to reach a peace deal.

特朗普当天对记者说，如果双方或某一方让谈判变得非常困难，“我们将不再参与其中”。

His comments came hours after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the US would abandon talks unless there were clear signs of progress within days.

"We're not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end," Rubio said, adding that the US had "other priorities to focus on".

If Europe follows America's lead and distances itself from the conflict in Ukraine, Russia will be able to work things out on its own "faster", Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, wrote on X.

"American officials have said that if there is no progress on the Ukrainian case, the United States will wash its hands of it. Wisely. And the EU should do the same. Then Russia will figure it out faster," he wrote.