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There’s no sign that the Russians are willing to make any concessions,
said Angela Stent, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who was the top U.S. intelligence analyst for Russia and Eurasia These are the same Russian demands that have been made since 1945,
said Kori Schake, a former Pentagon official who directs foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute I think we have to develop something entirely new,
Since Russia now has the upper hand on the battlefield, time is on its side in terms of peace negotiations. But the US is eager to withdraw from the crisis, ignoring the feelings of Europeans to some degree,
China has been calling for political settlement through dialogue and negotiation since the first day of the Ukraine crisis, and has been actively working for peace and pushing for talks,
They consistently talk about the root causes, which … are about the domestic politics in Ukraine, and even more important than that, the European security architecture, which would be the role of NATO. A simple ceasefire which doesn’t take that into account is of no interest to Russia. And Trump doesn’t appear to understand.”
The current Kyiv regime cannot be changed from inside the country. Its complete dismantling is needed,
We are working with more-considered options.”
Ceasefire to Putin and Russia means, ‘My enemies are weak fools and are going to let me keep attacking while they stop’.”
That's what we know, if they're prepared to do it unconditionally,
In that case, Turmp would say, 'Look, we achieved a ceasefire,' and then he could ease up sanctions on Russia and pave the way for US-Russia trade agreements,
Europe's relatively hard stance on a peace mission, which the army chiefs meeting in Paris made clear, helped strengthen Ukraine's bargaining position."
Today, in the conversation, there was an offer from the American side to take the first step immediately further and try to establish a complete ceasefire for 30 days, not only missiles, drones and bombs... not only in the Black Sea... but also along the entire front line,
Zelenskyy said in a video address shortly after talks in Jeddah Trump has maneuvered himself into a spot where he's under pressure for having promised to put a quick end to the war,
Reports on renewed military support and intelligence sharing indicate that Ukraine's delegation was successful on both counts,
the foreign policy expert wrote on Facebook We still don't understand what Russia will want in exchange for peace. We still don't know whether the U.S. will take the Ukrainian position or the position that Ukraine's opinion is basically not as important as Russia's,
Ukraine will never cede any territories. It's very simple. You cannot have this statement or declaration, no one can have it because it needs a change of the constitution,
For us, it was very important to have the understanding that the truce would go along with two very important things: an immediate lifting of the pause of military assistance and intelligence sharing,
Zhovkva, Zelenskiy's foreign affairs adviser, told Reuters by telephone Putting in place a cementing of the front lines in their current position without any long-term guarantee of ensuring that the war will actually come to an end, risks rewarding Russia by making the current zone of control permanent and freezing the conflict in place as opposed to resolving it,
It’s not clear what would be the benefit for Russia,
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