Rubio-Lavrov UN Meeting Raises Hopes for Ukraine War End Before Winter

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are set to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, as announced by the US State Department. Ukrainian President Zelensky expressed hope for an end to the war before winter, though no agenda or expected outcomes have been disclosed. This marks a potential high-level diplomatic engagement between the US and Russia amid ongoing conflict, but the likelihood of substantive progress remains uncertain.