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These things don’t work,
Trump said of paper straws As we fight this war and lay the groundwork for peace and security, we must build the armed forces of Europe so that Europe’s future depends only on Europeans, and decisions about Europe are made in Europe,
Zelensky told the Munich conference Fast deals cost more for the buyer, but the US is not willing to foot the bill.”
As one diplomat said at the weekend I think the important thing is that whatever concessions are made on either side, that it is not a temporary truce,
We can't be treating them as moral equals, but in the end, we have to have a common-sense solution,
Putin has made a lot of mistakes in starting the war and conducting the war and everything else,
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Jim Risch (R-Idaho) told Fox News They express concern about the mixed messages coming out of this administration,
Trump is stronger than Putin,
he said Friday at the Munich conference It doesn’t matter to me who Trump calls, or when he calls,
The good news is everybody’s talking about getting together to talk,
A good outcome means the war stops, 80% of Ukraine is free, and there are security guarantees for Ukraine sufficient that Russia won't start the war again. That is a strategic victory for Ukraine,
Everybody knows ... and people in the administration know you don't say before your first meeting what you will agree to and what you won't agree to,
Wicker told Politico on Friday It would have been much better to talk about possible NATO membership and territorial changes at the negotiating table,
They're all over the map, they have trouble getting a disciplined line, but they haven't ruled anything out. They've covered the position in a cloud of ambiguity and uncertainty,
Some European countries are making it clear that the Trump administration's position is not really acceptable,
If he's willing to abandon Ukraine's right to territorial integrity and its right to independent foreign policy, what demands is he still able to make of Putin?"
I do not share the opinion that the US will negotiate with Russia without Ukraine,
said Volodymyr Fesenko, CEO of Penta, a center for political studies in Kyiv It's as if Trump has been hypnotized by Putin,
commented Oleksiy Melnyk from the Razumkov Center, a public policy think tank in Kyiv Putin will demand the limitation of Ukraine's military potential, that no Western weapons or troops be stationed in Ukraine. He will aim to restrict Ukraine's path to joining the EU and NATO, and seek the amendment of the Ukraine's constitution to make Russian an official language, and try to impose federalization."
Looking ahead, the former foreign minister believes That's why the press releases were coordinated,
