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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian officials and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris; Rubio subsequently called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

April 16, 2025 Paris, Ukraine

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Marco Rubio (person) Steve Witkoff (person) Emmanuel Macron (person) Sergei Lavrov (person) Andrii Yermak (person) Rustem Umerov (person) Andriy Sybiha (person) Coalition of the Willing (organization) U.S. State Department (organization)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian officials and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris; Rubio subsequently called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian officials held peace negotiations in Paris

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Rubio and Witkoff will be in the French capital from April 16 to 18 for talks with their European counterparts to advance President Trump's goal to end the Russia-Ukraine war

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.161Z

Source story: day-1149a-2025-04-19