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In the West, the idea came from somewhere that it’s important to Putin to reach an agreement and end things. This is not the case,
said Fyodor Lukyanov, who hosted a forum with Putin in November and heads Moscow's Council for Foreign and Defense policies
We cannot let someone decide something for us,
Zelenskyy told AP,In the tradeoff between Putin and domestic oil producers, I'm pretty sure which choice Trump will make,
said Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin
Engagement is not the same as negotiation,
said Sir Laurie Bristow, British ambassador to Russia from 2016-20, describing Russia's strategy as "what's mine is mine.jpg)
We have nothing to add yet. There are a lot of statements and reports on this topic that are refuted, changed, recognized as hoaxes or something else the next day,
Peskov said
Russia is open to negotiations. In any case, a settlement should come as a result of negotiations,
Peskov saidReadiness needs to be based on something. It can't be based on a legal ban preventing Zelensky from holding such talks,
Peskov said, referring to the Ukrainian leader's announcement in 2022 that he would not hold peace talks with Moscow while Putin was president
If you look at the current situation, regardless of the huge money, regardless of the huge weapon deliveries which have been poured into Ukraine, the battlefield reality shows the advance of the Russians,
Szijjártó said
The only person that Putin will really want to talk to – because he’s kind of denigrated other leaders that are out there – is President Trump, and President Trump’s the only one who can bring this to a conclusion,
Kellogg told "Fox & Friends Weekend" on SundayIf he doesn’t have the ability, no one has the ability,
Foreign Minister Szijjártó saidSo, if you really think that Ukraine should negotiate in its best shape, then we have to stop the war today because tomorrow Ukraine will be in a weaker position than today,
Szijjártó told Fox News DigitalThe chance of them getting their nuclear weapons back is somewhere between slim and none,
Kellogg told Fox News DigitalThis corresponds to our understanding, our vision and the vision of our president,
Peskov said
There are indeed contacts between individual departments, and they have intensified recently, but I cannot tell you any other details."
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday
His temperament and character, combined with shifting political, military, and economic conditions around the war, could make an ultimatum strategy viable again,
he wroteWe'll be speaking, and I think we'll perhaps do something that'll be significant. We want to end that war,
he said last weekIt is up to [Donald] Trump and his team to make a decision,
he saidMr. Zelensky has big problems de jure in terms of his legitimacy, but even so, the Russian side remains open to negotiations,
Peskov said,We will be speaking with Putin. Don't we make too many compromises? Even the conversation with Putin is already a compromise,
Zelensky saidI will not be kind to him. I consider him an enemy. And to be honest, I believe he considers me an enemy as well."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Piers Morgan on Tuesday about the prospect of having direct talks with Vladimir Putin