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A lasting and long-term viable resolution is impossible without a comprehensive consideration of security issues on the continent,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said The Trump administration is trying to reset tense relations with Moscow,
The Wall Street Journal stated in an opinion piece while commenting on the U.S.-Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia There can be no negotiation about Ukraine without Ukraine. The same is true for Europe, ... Europe must be involved in the negotiations."
said Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans on social media platform X A meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was discussed, but it is unlikely to take place next week,
foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told Russian meda We don’t want a peace brokered behind the scenes without our involvement,
the Ukrainian President said The United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship which encourages dependency,
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared during the meeting with NATO defense ministers last week, calling on Europe to assume its "own responsibility for its own security." Negotiations should not take place behind our backs,
he said, announcing the cancellation of his scheduled visit to Saudi Arabia Our deputies will soon arrange a meeting to assess the need for removing these barriers,
The appearance of troops from NATO countries … under a foreign flag, the flag of the European Union or the national flag, is unacceptable,
The war is not about Ukraine and it won’t stop in Ukraine. Putin is coming to Europe and we can’t stop him forever.”
A senior armed forces leader, who cannot be named for security reasons, said One phone call followed by one meeting is not sufficient to establish enduring peace. We must take action, and today we took an important step forward.”
We will fight until the last death. We have nothing to lose. We are not going anywhere.”
A senior army source told The Sun Even hearing the words British boots, before anything has happened, is a huge morale boost for my people.”
It proves you cannot trust Russia. Anybody who thinks they can is deluding themselves.”
And General the Lord Richard Dannatt, a former Chief of the General Staff, said The first is probably the most urgent and certainly not the most difficult. This is to ensure the earliest possible appointment of Russian ambassadors to the United States and the United States to Russia. To remove the obstacles that for many years, primarily from the administration of [former US President Joe] Biden, have been primarily built on the direction of our diplomatic missions, seriously complicating their work,
Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russia's state-owned Tass news agency while announcing the agreements reached during the meeting Not the least of the problems is bank transfers, which they are trying to limit for us,
the Russian Foreign Minister added Russia and the United States will hold regular consultations on Ukraine after both sides appoint negotiating teams,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press briefing following talks with US officials in Riyadh, on Tuesday We not only listened, but also heard each other,
But President Trump is in a position – that he campaigned on – to initiate a process that could bring about an end to this conflict, and from that could emerge some very positive things for the United States, for Europe, for Ukraine, for the world,
For us to be able to continue to move down this road, we need to have diplomatic facilities that are operating and functioning normally,