Medvedev warns: Russia may harm Ukraine more amid Trump's withdrawal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the potential U.S. withdrawal from peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. President Donald Trump is frustrated with the progress.

Later that same day, Trump himself confirmed the news.

"Now if, for some reason, one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're just going to say, 'you're fools, you're horrible people,' and we're going to just take a pass," Trump said during the swearing-in ceremony of television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz as the overseer of state health insurance.

Nevertheless, Trump expressed optimism and hope that he would manage to bring an end to the conflict, claiming that there is "really good chance" for this. When asked whether he believes Vladimir Putin is "playing him" Trump replied that "nobody is plying him" but added that it will become clear in the coming days.

Medvedev commented on these events on his English-language account on the platform 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," wrote the Vice Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

On Friday evening, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump about bilateral trade, as well as the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East.

The Bloomberg agency reported on Saturday that the United States is ready to recognize Russian control over the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv.