Presented by Ericsson{beacon} THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is threatening to walk away from Russia-Ukraine peace talks if the two sides don’t come to a speedy agreement. With talks dragging on,

Russia said Friday that a 30-day pause on Ukrainian energy site strikes has expired, a step away from peace just as Washington threatened to exit ceasefire efforts if progress was not made soon. One of the few commitments Trump had wrangled from Putin -- a temporary moratorium on striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure -- "expired" on Friday,

US officials indicated at a meeting with Europeans in Paris that they want to secure a full ceasefire in Ukraine within weeks, part of a renewed push to halt hostilities in Russia’s three-year war, according to people familiar with the matter.