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We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better."
The strongly worded message ended with Trump saying
Putin has even fewer reasons to negotiate as he believes that the balance of power has shifted in Russia's favor,
Vuksanovic said
The willingness of the United States to negotiate with Russia is progress compared to the Biden administration."
Sergey Mironov, leader of A Just RussiaNo one with a decent grasp of this matter could believe that a conflict with such complex and deep roots could be resolved that easily."
Vuk Vuksanovic, associate at the London School of Economics think tank LSE IDEAS told Newsweek
[There ... There] should not be a brief truce, not some kind of respite for the regrouping of forces and rearmament with a view to a subsequent continuation of the conflict."
Vladimir Putin told officials on TuesdayPresident Trump has handed retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg the job of ending the Ukraine war in 100 days. Almost no one thinks he can do it—especially the Russians."
The Wall Street Journal on WednesdayIf he does not get what he wants, he may even threaten with further territorial moves, most likely against Odesa,
he addedNow south of Pokrovsk there is a rather peculiar strike group of the enemy, which is a kind of mixture of units and formations of two armies at once,
said Mashovets
To do this, they need to go west of the city, which they are currently trying to do,
Tregubov told a television channelCompared to the pessimism under the previous US president, today, there is a small chance of opportunities,
he said at an academic event in MoscowOver several months now, the normal consumption of artillery ammunition by the Russian army has actually been halved,
he told TSN, a Ukrainian television networkThese strikes reduce the ability of Russian troops to maintain a high intensity of combat operations,
he addedTanks with fuel and lubricants, which the occupiers provide to the Russian troops, are burning,
they saidThis oil depot provides fuel to the Russian military,
they saidI think Trump is going to call Putin and tell him to end the war. I think Putin will not agree … and I think the Trump team will understand they have to show strength. Show more resolve. And put it all on the table,
Volker said
Not taxpayer money, but there are various ways to do this, including a lend-lease program, including by Europe seizing the €300 billion in Russian assets and using that money to buy U.S. defense equipment,
Volker saidI think President Zelenskyy has played it extremely well,
said Volker
Trump, he told me … he will be doing everything to end the war this year. And I told him, ‘we are your partner,'
Zelenskyy saidUkrainians don’t know what Trump’s gonna do. But they do know what Biden did.”
Ukraine Freedom Project founder Steven Moore, who spent seven years on Capitol Hill, mostly as chief of staff for former Chief Deputy GOP Whip Peter Roskam, said
What we need now is certainty,
said Maksym Timchenko, the chief executive of DTEK, the top private investor in Ukraine’s energy industry