Spokesperson of the #US Department of State #Tammy_Bruce confirmed that the #US is not removing any of the sanctions currently imposed on #Russia and said the #US will no longer "mediate meetings" between #Ukraine and #Russia:

"We will not be the mediators. That is what I mentioned on Tuesday and the nature of how this would change is...we're still committed and we'll help and do what we can but we are not going to fly around the world at the drop of a hat to mediate meetings.

"No more time wasting, especially with the lives already lost. Stand up to #putin!"

#Tammy_Bruce, Spokesperson for the #US Department of State:

"The next few days are critical. We are going to look at what #Putin does, not what he says. This is key."

Ms #Bruce supported #Ukraine's proposal for an immediate ceasefire, not a three-day ceasefire on May 9, as proposed by #Putin.

"Where has the #American stamina gone? 🥵

The peace talks to end the #Vietnam_War lasted almost five years, from May 1968 to January 1973"

#Tammy_Bruce, Spokesperson for the #US Department of State:

"The Secretary [of State] said in #NATO that it would be a matter of weeks before we'd know if #Russia was serious. We have got global responsibilities, we have been the largest supporters of #Ukraine, and the goal is to have this end.

"Careful, you'll get deported!"🤐

#Tammy_Bruce, Spokesperson for the #US Department of State:

"It is clear that #Beijing and #China-based companies provide key economic and technical support to regimes like #Russia, #North_Korea, and #Iran, and its proxies. The #CCP continues to enable these regimes, whether it be through the provision of dual-use items #Russia needs to sustain its war in #Ukraine, #North_Korea's ballistic missile development or #Iran's support of

"But will the #US actually do anything?"

#Tammy_Bruce, Spokesperson for the #United_States Department of State:

◾️ #China is a major enabler of #Russia in the war.
◾️ #China provides nearly 80% of the dual-use items #Russia needs to sustain the war.
◾️The #United_States is aware that #Ukraine captured two #Chinese soldiers fighting on #Russia's side. It's "disturbing."
◾️She confirmed that the attack on #Kryvyi_Rih was by the means of a #Russian ballistic missile in a residential neighbourhood.

"Not alarming enough to do something, though?"

🇺🇸 The #US. has responded to the capture of #Chinese soldiers fighting on #Russia’s side in the war.

“This is alarming. #North_Korea’s involvement is concerning, and it’s also troubling that #Chinese soldiers have been taken prisoner,” said #US. State Department spokesperson #Tammy_Bruce.