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Trump looked at what Biden did to Poroshenko, and basically said, let's try that. When you show weakness, they always come back for more. Good on Zelensky for standing up for Ukrainian interests and rejecting the deal."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Oleg Kostour, the founder of Couple App, wrote
I think I'm gonna resurrect it. You know, we'll see what happens, but I'm gonna resurrect it or things are gonna not make him too happy. And look, it's time for elections, haven't had an election in a long time."
Speaking to journalists about the potential rare earth materials deal with Ukraine, Trump said on board Air Force One on Wednesday
A lot of meetings and briefings—military command, intelligence, ministers—all in preparation for talks with President Trump's representative, General Kellogg, who is already in Kyiv. Our meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, and it is crucial that this discussion—and our overall cooperation with the U.S.—remains constructive. Together with America and Europe, peace can be more secure, and that is our goal. But most importantly, this goal must be shared by our partners, not just by us."
Zelensky wrote on XWe have seen this disinformation. We understand that it is coming from Russia,
Zelenskyy said in response
Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and ‘TRUMP,’ will never be able to settle,
Trump wrote in a scathing rebuke
Why should dominance be handed over to a country that is an aggressor, a violator of international law, and the author of aggression against Ukraine,
Podolyak said
Putin fiercely hates Mr. Zelenskyy. He understands that he cannot break him. He has been unable to do so for three years,
Podolyak saidTo me, the concept of 'peace through strength,' which the American administration promotes, sounds strange,
he said,I am confident that we will end it, and with a lasting peace. And so that Russia cannot come to Ukraine again, and so that Ukrainians return from Russian captivity, and so that Ukraine has a future. This is a normal desire of every nation,
he said
The first is probably the most urgent and certainly not the most difficult. This is to ensure the earliest possible appointment of Russian ambassadors to the United States and the United States to Russia. To remove the obstacles that for many years, primarily from the administration of [former US President Joe] Biden, have been primarily built on the direction of our diplomatic missions, seriously complicating their work,
Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russia's state-owned Tass news agency while announcing the agreements reached during the meeting
Russia and the United States will hold regular consultations on Ukraine after both sides appoint negotiating teams,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press briefing following talks with US officials in Riyadh, on Tuesday