U.S. Urges Russia to Accept Current Ukraine Deal

The US representative to the United Nations told the UN Security Council on May 29 that the deal now on offer to end the war in Ukraine is the best possible outcome for Russia and that President Vladimir Putin should take it. Prolonging the war is in no one's interest, said John Kelley, acting US alternate representative to the UN, warning of the possibility that the United States would "consider stepping back" from its negotiation efforts if Russia "makes the wrong decision to continue this catastrophic war." Kelley added that additional sanctions…