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We’re going to have to see. It’s up to Russia now,
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, as he declined to comment on whether he has a meeting scheduled with the Russian leader I stated our position that this is nothing other than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military, nothing more,
Ushakov was quoted by Reuters as saying Our goal is a long-term peaceful settlement that takes into account the legitimate interests of our country and our well-known concerns. It seems to me that no one needs any steps that (merely) imitate peaceful actions in this situation,
I can do things financially that would be very bad for Russia,
I'm guessing, but I don't want to talk about it yet."
I think [Russia] rejecting the deal will be unwise politically, diplomatically, but accepting it right now as it is, it’s not going to happen,
Marina Miron, a post-doctoral researcher at the defence studies department at King’s College London, told Al Jazeera If past performance is any guide, [Russia’s] demands will be backed by the US,
It would be strange and out of character if Russia were to agree to the current proposition without presenting additional demands.”
Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow at the London-based Chatham House think tank, said Until the ceasefire is implemented and everybody is on the same page, time will pass, which will probably give the Russians the necessary time to at least get Kursk back so that it removes any potential negotiating bonuses for Ukraine.”
I will talk to my Russian counterpart in the coming days.”
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who attended the Jeddah talks, said during a news conference afterwards Moscow might accept some form of ceasefire, but I don’t see the Kremlin changing its fundamental strategic goal of subjugating Ukraine and having the world accept and validate its brutal aggression,
Mikhail Alexseev, a professor of political science at San Diego State University, told Al Jazeera Our people are going to Russia right now as we speak. And hopefully we can get a ceasefire from Russia.”
Speaking with Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said What we are hearing unofficially is that Russia will likely hand its own list of demands before responding to this 30-day proposal by the Americans. They are going to maintain their position which they did in the past. They want Ukraine to drop its demands to join NATO. They don’t want any foreign troops on Ukrainian territory, and they want recognition of the roughly 20 percent of Ukrainian land that Russia occupies,
Our task in the near future, in the shortest possible timeframe, is to decisively defeat the enemy entrenched in the Kursk region,
said Putin, a former KGB officer who very rarely wears military uniform Before the talks start, and they haven’t started yet, it would be wrong to talk about it in public,
And of course, we need to think about creating a security zone along the state border,
His message is that whatever Ukraine still control in the Kursk region cannot be used as a kind of leverage to make any territorial
The people we talk to here are highly sceptical of any ceasefire agreement, if indeed the Russians agree to one,
We are ready to discuss the initiatives set out there in future contacts with the United States,
Steps that merely imitate peaceful actions are not needed by anyone in this situation,
Ushakov said in an interview with Russian state television
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