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Ukrainians feel like they are the only adults left in the room,
Sasha Dovzhyk, director of the Institute for Documentation and Exchange, has told CNN
Europe must strengthen its own leverage with Putin and Trump alike,
suggests an article on the Atlantic Council websiteSo we just need to play this game right – not to give up our interests on one hand, and on the other hand to support Trump,
said Merezhko
I think it's all wrong - Trump in America has the same rating as Zelenskiy has in Ukraine,
said Oleksandr Babiuk, 55, a service sector workerIt’s Ukraine that decides whether she wants to fight or not, ... You know what happened in Munich in ’38? Czechoslovakia was dictated to, but that was because Czechoslovakia wasn’t ready to fight alone and didn’t have allies. Ukraine is fighting and rather successfully defeated the Russians at sea, for example, and has allies. We in Europe have said that we will continue to support Ukraine come what may.”
he said, adding
Ukraine, remember, has 110 brigades in the field,
he saidI think every new administration always takes a bit of time to find its feet and to assess the full information from intelligence agencies and so on, and is talking to allies,
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The president, his team are very much focused on continuing negotiations with both sides of this war to end the conflict, and the president is very confident we can get it done this week,
she said on the South Lawn after returning from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
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One way or another, of course, Ukraine will participate in the negotiations, ... There will be a bilateral Russian-American track of this dialogue, and a track that will be related to Ukraine's involvement."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier this month told Russian state-controlled TV, per Reuters ... adding,
The Russian Federation does not want to end the war and continues to escalate global tensions. That is why U.S. military support is crucial for Ukraine. Only in this way can we achieve a just and lasting peace."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this month wrote on XIt does not include a military guarantee, but what it does include is an implicit guarantee that if the United States of America is heavily invested in the economic future—I call it an economic security guarantee—the more assets that U.S. companies have on the ground, the bigger interest that the U.S. has in the future of Ukrainian economy doing well, the more security it creates for the Ukrainian people, and the higher the return for the U.S. taxpayer,
Bessent saidPresident Trump's proposed economic partnership with Ukraine is a win-win. It is both a critical step towards peace and security for the Ukrainian people, and will be a major asset for the American taxpayers."
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on SundayWe have to talk about it as investments; and it needs to be formulated correctly, and we can think about how to divide profits. But all of this would be tied to security guarantees."
He also said of the rare mineral depositsThe idea here of my trip to Ukraine and then the meeting in Munich—we want to intertwine the U.S. and Ukrainian economies for the benefit of both,
Bessent explained on SundayThe first part of this is a partnership between Ukraine and the U.S. that involves strategic minerals, energy and state-owned enterprises, where we set up a partnership, and we are only looking forward,
Bessent said during this week's "Sunday Morning Futures."
We came very, very close to signing something,
he asserted
We are making progress in our work. We are having a constructive discussion. The US is our partner, and we are grateful to the American people, grateful for bipartisan support – you have been with us for all three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine."
Quote from YermakWe could probably field around 200 soldiers in nine to 12 months,
Suessli told newspaper SonntagsBlick, stressing
We coordinated our military cooperation, joint steps, and engagements for the coming week, which will be very active,
Mr Zelensky saidI wasn’t offended, but a dictator would be,
Mr Zelensky said with a smile