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I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well. But today I heard, 'Oh, we weren't invited,'
Trump said Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago For us to be able to continue to move down this road, we need to have diplomatic facilities that are operating and functioning normally,
Rubio said, according to a State Department transcript Trump’s characterisations of Zelensky and Ukraine are some of the most shameful remarks ever made by a US president.
John Bolton, who served as his national security adviser in his first administration, said The USA is a friend and ally
Former Tory foreign secretary James Cleverly said We will defend our right to exist.
Within moments Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said President Zelensky is not a dictator
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch issued a more direct statement, saying Calling Zelensky a “dictator” must be where the line is drawn
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said The Prime Minister spoke to President Zelensky this evening and stressed the need for everyone to work together
A No 10 spokesman said of the call last night It is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelenskyy’s democratic legitimacy,
said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday night Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the elected head of state of Ukraine. The inability to hold regular elections in the midst of war is in line with the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No one should claim otherwise.”
While Scholz didn’t call out the U.S. leader by name, there’s no doubt who he was slapping down when he said Zelenskyy is a democratically elected and otherwise unusually capable political leader in Europe,
Frederiksen was quoted as saying We share President @realDonaldTrump’s goal of ending Russia’s war of aggression for almost three years.”
Emerging from a meeting with other European leaders — into which Trump tossed a grenade with his diatribe against Zelenskyy — Macron said in a social media post We greatly appreciate the bicameral and bipartisan support of the US Congress to the Ukrainian people in our fight against the Russian aggression
I'm concerned they haven't held an election in a long time and we are funding their government.
Russia invades Ukraine in largest European attack since WWII.”
Pence included a link to a 2022 Fox News story from day one of the war reporting All European leaders, all without exception, essentially directly interfered in the election process in the U.S.,
the Russian president said We are scheduled to meet with General Kellogg tomorrow, and it is very important for us that the meeting and our work with America in general be constructive,
I am confident that we will end it, and with a lasting peace. And so that Russia cannot come to Ukraine again, and so that Ukrainians return from Russian captivity, and so that Ukraine has a future. This is a normal desire of every nation,
Together with America and Europe, peace can be more reliable, and this is our goal. And the main thing is that this is not only our goal but a common goal with our partners,
I trust President Trump. He's a master negotiator, and I think he's going to get to a lasting peace. I'm not going to get into the tactics. President Trump is going to be able to deliver it."
U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri told reporters