Trump doesn't want peace, he just wants to be left alone,
Full of unsaid elements, these agreements, with their false pretenses, mask the reality: Trump did not obtain a total ceasefire. He thought he was the strongest, but Putin dominates,
Putin is doing everything he can to delay and derail any progress toward peace because he has no interest in ending the war. That’s why he keeps making these wild demands and proposals,
The way to limit his options is through tougher economic sanctions on Russia and by strengthening Ukraine. I hope it becomes clear by Easter if Russia hasn’t stopped the fighting by then,
We certainly need to ensure Russia's security for a long historic perspective,
Quite the contrary, what we discussed is how we can increase sanctions to support the US initiative, to bring Russia to the table through further pressure from this group of countries,
There's a lot of work to be done with both sides, particularly with the Russian side, which we haven't talked to for years,
This would be in order to hold democratic elections and bring to power a capable government enjoying the trust of the people and then to start talks with them about a peace treaty,
But it’s OK, we have gotten used to it already. I hope we will make no mistakes based on excessive trust to our so-called partners,
This is not only the United States but also the People’s Republic of China, India, Brazil, South Africa, all BRICS countries,
And many others, for example, including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
We are for resolving all these issues by peaceful means,
In my opinion, the newly elected president of the United States sincerely wants an end to the conflict for a number of reasons,
We are gradually - perhaps not as quickly as some might like - but still persistently and with confidence moving towards achieving the goals set out at the beginning of this operation,
Throughout the entire line of military contact, our troops are holding the strategic initiative,
We could, of course, discuss with the United States, even with European countries, and of course with our partners and friends, under the auspices of the UN, the possibility of establishing a transitional administration in Ukraine,
It can look surprising only at first glance and it would be wrong to believe that this is some sort of extravagant talk by the current US administration,
I was saying not so long ago: 'We will finish them off.' There are reasons to believe that we will finish them off,
Russia is trying to derail the path to peace by choosing to continue the war,
I just can't put a timeframe on that because it doesn't depend on us."