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He said to me: ‘I think Putin wants to resolve the war’. I said to him that he is a liar, you can count on it. I hope you will pressure him because I don't trust him,
What is very important is not to make any decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine. This is a principled position…. I am speaking about all our people, our nation,
Because... we have much more risks than risks for the United States. With all respect for all of us with all the big guys,
It is not surprising that Donald Trump wanted to speak to Vladimir Putin, and indeed wanted to speak to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but these are just talks at the moment. We are some way from a negotiated peace,
I was very encouraged in our conversations about Ukraine,
Lammy said, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference after meeting with Vance earlier in the day If they provide us with specific answers to specific requests from us and a common understanding of the dangerous Putin, then, with our unified understanding, we will be ready to talk with the Russians
His signals were strong, we are grateful for that.
Zelensky said of Vance's comments I don't see that the U.S. has a plan ready,
I hope to keep united with our American allies, because it's Iran, Russia, also North Korea, but more covertly China teaming up against us, so we need to stick to our ground,
Make no mistake, Trump's and the Kremlin's messaging about the talks and the potential peace deal looks like a huge relief and discursive victory for Russia...from the Russian point of view, this is already a great PR victory."
Kirill Shamiev, policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told Newsweek By excluding the prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine and by shifting the burden of future European security on Europeans, U.S. officials already have deprived themselves of important levers they could have used in a future negotiation, to push Russia into concessions,
As NATO expands to the east, with every passing year, the situation for our country is getting worse and more dangerous,
he said in a televised address, immediately before his forces launched their assault This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/Nato had simply acknowledged Russia's legitimate security concerns,
The anti-Russia project has been rejected by millions of Ukrainians. The people of Crimea and residents of Sevastopol made their historic choice,
The parallels with 1938 could only be clearer if Trump had held up a note and said Mr Putin had assured him he had no further territorial ambitions in Europe,
Giles told Newsweek, referring to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler before World War Two Putin will have won this war from this point of view,
Ukraine should be provided with strong security guarantees. A just and lasting peace in Ukraine is a necessary condition for a strong transatlantic security,
the members of the European bloc said in a joint statement The Russian president supported one of the main theses of the US president that the time has come for our two countries to work together,
We're asking for security on our money, ... They've agreed to it."
Trump said, noting of Ukraine I don't think it's practical to have it, personally,
Trump said later about NATO membership for Ukraine
