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Kyiv, EU alarmed by prospect of 'dirty deal' after Trump-Putin call

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      Dmitry Peskov
      So far no decisions have been made, neither at the working level, nor at the highest level,
      The Moscow Times
      Peskov said
    • 88:88
      We know the crown prince, I think it would be a very good place to meet,
      Daily Mail
      Trump added
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      No, I haven't committed to going to Ukraine,
      Daily Mail
      he answered when asked if he'd make the voyage to Kyiv
    • 88:88
      Probably we'll have a first meeting and then we'll see what we can do about the second meeting,
      Daily Mail
      he answered
    • 88:88
      They've been saying that for years, that Ukraine cannot go into NATO, and I'm OK with that,
      Daily Mail
      Trump said
    • 88:88
      President Putin wants to have peace now, and that's good. And he didn't want to have peace with Biden,
      The Independent
      Mr Trump told reporters
    • 88:88
      Alexander Baunov
      The promise to exchange visits is a victory for Putin. Any dictatorship sees a visit from the US president as the highest form of international legitimacy, almost a magical ritual that lifts a diplomatic curse,
      Guardian
      said Alexander Baunov, a political analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace thinktank
    • 88:88
      Zakhar Prilepin
      Trump will ‘allow’ Russia to take what it has conquered – but no more, of course. Meanwhile, he’ll offer Ukraine some guarantees,
      Guardian
      said the prominent Russian ultranationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin on his Telegram channel
    • 88:88
      For Putin, a real solution means a Ukraine that is ‘friendly’ to Russia – deprived of military capability, which has a rewritten constitution and guarantees non-membership in Nato,
      Guardian
      Stanovaya added
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      He’ll plant himself right in the middle of our Ukraine. Let me remind you, all of Ukraine is ours. All of Ukraine is Russian land,
      Guardian
      Prilepin added
    • 88:88
      We wanted to chainsaw the western world into pieces, but he decided to cut through it himself,
      Guardian
      Popov cheered
    • 88:88
      Sergei Markov
      Zelenskyy had repeatedly urged Trump to speak with him first before engaging with Putin. Instead, Trump did the exact opposite,
      Guardian
      gloated Sergei Markov, a popular Russian commentator
    • 88:88
      At times, many in the elites questioned whether it was wise for Putin to start the war or not settle for peace earlier,
      Guardian
      said a well-connected businessman in Moscow
    • 88:88
      Investors dreamed about this scenario but did not really believe it was possible,
      Guardian
      the Cifa Broker chief analyst, Ovanes Oganisyan, told the business newspaper Kommersant
    • 88:88
      Dmitry Medvedev
      Frigid spinster Europe is mad with jealousy and rage,
      Guardian
      said Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president
    • 88:88
      Now, Putin’s main focus is Trump – everyone else is irrelevant,
      Guardian
      the foreign policy source said
    • 88:88
      His next move is to secure a closed-door meeting with Trump, where he can further press his case,
      Guardian
      the source added,
    • 88:88
      The positions of the parties differ significantly and, at this moment, seem incompatible,
      Guardian
      said Tatiana Stanovaya, a prominent Russian political analyst and the founder of R Politik, a political analysis company
    • 88:88
      Putin remained patient and didn’t bend. Instead, he waited for the world to change around him,
      Guardian
      the foreign policy source said, referring to Trump’s election and his administration’s radically different foreign policy outlook
    • 88:88
      From the Kremlin’s perspective, there is nothing the west can do that would reverse Russia’s territorial gains and prevent Ukraine’s collapse in the long run,
      Guardian
      she said