US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today the White House may be ready to “move on” from efforts for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there is not progress in the coming days.

Speaking in Paris after talks between US, Ukrainian and European officials, Mr Rubio said the discussions had been constructive and produced an outline for steps toward peace.

French officials said another meeting in the same format is expected to take in London. Mr Rubio said he could join that meeting which is expected early next week.

“We are not reaching a point where we need to decide whether this is even possible or not,” Mr Rubio told reporters as he was leaving the French capital.

After weeks of efforts by the Trump administration to broker a ceasefire have failed to bring an end to the fighting, Mr Rubio said the US administration wants to decide “in a matter of days whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks.”

France hosted high-level talks on Thursday to discuss Ukraine and its security, the first time since President Donald Trump’s inauguration that top US, Ukrainian and European officials are known to have met together to discuss an end to the war.