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He will not stick to ceasefire and that's all,
the Ukrainian president said of Putin Trump said to me that Putin wants to stop the war,
Zelensky told reporters while speaking on a security cooperation panel at the Munich Security Conference [There ... There] should not be a brief truce, not some kind of respite for the regrouping of forces and rearmament with a view to a subsequent continuation of the conflict."
Putin told officials on January 21 It's important that everything does not go according to Putin's plan, in which he wants to do everything to make his negotiations bilateral [with the U.S.],
We had a direct conversation with Putin about a ceasefire in 2019,
the Ukrainian leader added, referring to when Ukraine and Russia negotiated a ceasefire and prisoner exchange in connection to Russia's invasion of the eastern Donbas region If they provide us with specific answers to specific requests from us and a common understanding of the dangerous Putin, then, with our unified understanding, we will be ready to talk with the Russians
His signals were strong, we are grateful for that.
Zelensky said of Vance's comments It truly looks as if they want to surrender Ukraine, because I don't see any benefits for our country from these negotiations or Trump's rhetoric."
Myroslava Lesko, 23, standing near a sea of flags in downtown Kyiv honouring fallen troops, said I believe that he would like to see something happen. I trust him on this subject."
Asked whether he trusts Putin, he said The difference between Biden and Trump is that Trump says out loud what Biden was thinking and doing about Ukraine,
We, as a sovereign country, simply will not be able to accept any agreements without us,
Any quick fix is a dirty deal,
European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Great talks with Russia and Ukraine yesterday. Good possibility of ending that horrible, very bloody war!!!
On his Truth Social online message platform, Mr Trump declared President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker.”
Partners must do far more for Europe’s defence. There is no replacement for hard power. Increasing European defence spending is critical.”
The new Pentagon chief, left, praised Nato but said Why are we giving them (Russia) everything that they want even before the negotiations have been started?"
All our allies have said the path of Ukraine towards NATO is irreversible,
They are part of it. We would have Ukraine, we would have Russia and other people will be involved as well,
he added, without specifying whom he meant It would have been better to talk about Ukraine's possible NATO membership or the country's possible loss of territory at the negotiating table first and not take it off the table beforehand,
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters in Brussels Reconstruction of Ukraine is likely to be largely funded by Europe,
he explained from the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference
