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First when I heard this, I was like, oh, he must be mixing the two, because clearly Putin is the dictator,
EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas told reporters in Johannesburg
A Dictator without Elections, Zelensky better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,
he wrote on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday
We had a detailed conversation about the battlefield situation, how to return our prisoners of war, and effective security guarantees,
Zelensky said on social media after the meetingStrong Ukraine-U.S. relations benefit the entire world,
he addedWe presented the Ukrainians really an incredible, and a historic opportunity,
the adviser said
I can't sell our state."
But Zelensky had refused the offer, saying
Nothing is off the negotiating table,
claimed US Vice-President JD VanceIf you were to get a ceasefire, then a ceasefire is just time for Putin to take a rest and rearm and come back and get the rest of what he wants,
said one of the sources
The agreement is not ready to protect us or our interests,
he told reporters, notingWe are not new to this fight; the only addition is that currently we are facing aggression and misinformation from another side — which is the side of our great ally the United States of America.”
She addedUkrainians feel like they are the only adults left in the room,
Sasha Dovzhyk, director of the Institute for Documentation and Exchange, told Paula Newton on CNN InternationalPresident Trump is obviously very frustrated right now with President Zelensky,
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said on Thursday
Whoever believes that there is any space for Vladimir Putin and the future of a stable globe, better go to Ukraine, they better go to Europe.” ... They better invest the time to understand that this man is a cancer and the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. And it will be a cancer that spreads into the South China Sea, into Taiwan and metastasized across the globe.”
North Carolina’s Thom Tillis ... Tillis went on about PutinUkraine is ready for a strong, effective investment and security agreement with the President of the United States. We have proposed the fastest and most constructive way to achieve results,
he wrote
You really need to sign this,
Bessent reportedly told Zelensky during their meetingIn total, the United States separately gave us about 67 billion U.S. dollars in weapons, and we received 31.5 billion dollars in budget support, ... But one cannot count up to 500 billion dollars and say, 'give us back 500 billion dollars in minerals,' that's not a serious discussion."
he said, addingWe have to bring an end to the conflict. President Trump is exactly right. It's time for it to end, and he (Trump) is the brute force, I think, that can make that happen."
Noting
I mean, what Trump's trying to do is... put the conditions in place for that real negotiation, negotiation to happen and we've got to allow him to do what he does,
Johnson saidWe have to bring (the war) to an end. And I can tell you that our European allies understand the necessity as well. It's (dragged) on too long,
Johnson saidThere's no appetite for that,
Johnson told Newsmax during the Conservative Political Action Conference when asked - to a chorus of boos from the right-leaning audience - if he foresaw another funding bill for Ukraine, if it takes several more months before the war ends