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Under whatever guise they appear there, this is a step towards escalation.
And his deputy Alexander Grushko added We all have to contribute to our defence and we expect this to be a two-way street for our allies
On Sir Keir's pledge to put UK boots on the ground as part of any peacekeeping force, he added There's going to be some discussion of territory and there's going to be a discussion of security guarantees
I think I have the power to end this war.
The only leader in the world who can make this happen, who can even bring people together to begin to talk about it in a serious way is President Trump,
the secretary of state said It is worth noting that a refusal to accept Kyiv into NATO is not enough
To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, and this
Macron said in a statement I wonder why they believe Ukraine would accept all these ultimatums now if we refused them at the most difficult moment,
the Ukrainian President said, referring to Kyiv's refusal to bow to Moscow's demands during crisis talks at the start of the war We're going to need to have vibrant diplomatic missions that are able to function normally in order to be able to continue these conduits.
We explained today that the appearance of armed forces from … Nato countries, but under a false flag, under the flag of the European Union or under national flags, does not change anything,
No matter how difficult it is for us, Ukraine will not legally recognise the parts occupied by Russia,
With the UK being a member of NATO, it is not impartial in this war, and the UK Government’s treatment of Ukraine and refugees since the start of the conflict has shown its support of the country."
This is highly inappropriate, to put it bluntly, and – honestly – we don’t even know what the outcome will be.”
The only civilian deaths this could prevent are British citizens who have travelled to Ukraine to support the military there, with at least 15 Britons dying on the front line."
It is completely premature and the completely wrong time to be having this discussion now.”
Everyone at this meeting is aware that transatlantic relations, the NATO alliance and our friendship with the United States have entered a new phase.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Paris This is a follow-up on that initial conversation between Putin and President Trump about perhaps if that first step is even possible, what the interests are, if this can be managed.
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters [Our reaction is] negative, and we have said this many times
Asked by the Russian TASS news agency today whether Moscow would be receptive to European troops on the ground in Ukraine, Alexander Grushko said For example, a recent poll in Germany revealed that a staggering 59% of the public would support a deployment of the Bundeswehr, together with other European troops, to uphold a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia,
German think tank SWP said, but not without a US backup By summer, NATO will communicate capability targets to the individual governments. [German news magazine] Spiegel reported in June that Germany will likely need 'upward of 272,000 troops' to implement the plans,