President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress that Washington wants is difficult to achieve,

The European Union, EU, has said that there are indications that the United States of America wants to abandon its efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia. For this reason, the EU said it is preparing a “plan B” on how to keep economic sanctions against Russia should the US decides to quit.