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Yeah, I would say that, you know, when you want a seat at the table… Wouldn’t the people of Ukraine have to say like, ‘It’s been a long time since we’ve had an election?’
Trump said
No decision can be made without Ukraine on how to end the war in Ukraine,
Zelenskyy told reporters in Turkiye, where he held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoganIf they want to do that, that’s great, I’m all for it,
Trump said
You have leadership now that's allowed a war to go on that should have never even happened, even without the United States,
Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida Tuesday –
No, Putin is a war criminal
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker told CNN when asked whether Putin can be trusted during negotiationsYou should have ended it – three years, you should have never started it,
he said, appearing to blame Zelensky for Russia's 2022 invasionThe really worrying fact is that Trump has taken Russia from pariah to prize partner in the time span of just a few days. That comes at a price,
said Brett Bruen, a former foreign policy adviser in the Obama administration
The Kremlin has been normalized in bilateral diplomacy that excludes Ukraine and NATO and they gave up nothing to get that,
he told ReutersPresident Trump has built a strong team that is already demonstrating his peace through strength agenda in action,
said Brian Hughes, spokesman for the White House National Security CouncilPutin will not stop at Ukraine,
Darius Jauniškis, director of Lithuania's State Security Department, told ReutersRussia wants to do something,
Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, on TuesdayWhat we can trust the Russians to do, is to do anything to their advantage, to take temporary steps."
When asked about Trump's comment that he believeIt's certainly not ideal that Ukraine was not in the room, though I believe they'll be at future such meetings,
she saidThat’s not a Russia thing; that’s something that’s coming from me.”
Apparently sensitive to criticism that he parrots Russian propaganda in his statements on the war, Trump insisted
We have a situation where we haven’t had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law,
Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resortToday I heard, ‘Oh well, we weren’t invited,
the president said, referring to Ukraine’s complaints that it’s not been allowed to take part in the nascent peace processIt was a very serious conversation on all the questions we wanted to touch upon."
Russia's lead negotiator told reporters after the talks
The war is not about Ukraine and it won’t stop in Ukraine. Putin is coming to Europe and we can’t stop him forever.”
A senior armed forces leader, who cannot be named for security reasons, saidIt is completely premature and the completely wrong time to be having this discussion now.”
He told reportersWe will fight until the last death. We have nothing to lose. We are not going anywhere.”
A senior army source told The Sun