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I wanted to have a sentence on security guarantees for Ukraine, and it's important that it's there...If we don't get security guarantees, we won't have a ceasefire, nothing will work, nothing."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday
We understand that not everyone is happy with the resumption of Russian-American contacts. Some Western elites are still determined to maintain instability in the world. And these forces will try to disrupt or compromise the dialogue that has begun. We see this."
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on ThursdayAnd these forces will try to disrupt or compromise the dialogue that has begun,
Putin added, without offering evidence to support his claims
I think the Russians want to see the war end, I really do. But I think they have the cards a little bit, because they've taken a lot of territory. So they have the cards."
President Donald Trump told the BBC on February 19These false narratives show up in the top searches around Zelenskyy each month,
Linvill said
We have observed a notable resurgence in anti-Ukraine disinformation narratives across US social media, many of which appear to be repurposed content from prior Russian influence campaigns,
said McKenzie Sadeghi, an analyst with the misinformation watchdog NewsGuardTrump's comments seem to have sparked renewed interest in anti-Ukraine narratives that had faded,
Sadeghi told AFP
I think what the president was irritated by, and rightfully so, was this argument that somehow we haven't talked to Ukraine,
Rubio said Wednesday on "Fox & Friends."
The only thing that puts NATO in jeopardy is the fact that we have NATO allies who barely have militaries, or whose militaries are not very capable because they've spent 40 years not spending any money on it,
Rubio saidI was there for both calls,
Rubio saidWe're not saying do your own thing. We're saying do more. It's their continent, right?"
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He's been at the meetings for three years and nothing got done,
Trump recently downplayed Ukraine’s role in negotiations, telling Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade ... the president said, referring to ZelenskyyWe told them [Russia] – do you guys want to end the war? Do you want to continue?"
he saidPutin's claims that Zelensky is unpopular and harmful to Ukraine are attempts to drive a wedge between the legitimate government of Ukraine and the Ukrainian military and population,
the ISW wrotePutin attempted to use new language to repackage the calls for regime change in Ukraine that he has demanded since 2021."
The Institute for the Study of War think tank, in its Tuesday analysisIn wartime, when there are so many challenges, it is absolutely irresponsible to throw the topic of elections into society in a lighthearted and playful way."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in November 2024The current head of the regime has absolutely no chance of winning the elections,
Putin saidI can’t sell our state.”
Zelenskiy resisted