I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well,
I'm very disappointed, I hear that they're upset about not having a seat,
Today I heard, oh, well, we weren't invited. Well, you've been there for three years...You should have never started it. You could have made a deal,
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.”
Even hearing the words British boots, before anything has happened, is a huge morale boost for my people.”
We will fight until the last death. We have nothing to lose. We are not going anywhere.”
One phone call followed by one meeting is not sufficient to establish enduring peace. We must take action, and today we took an important step forward.”
It is completely premature and the completely wrong time to be having this discussion now.”
It proves you cannot trust Russia. Anybody who thinks they can is deluding themselves.”
Not the least of the problems is bank transfers, which they are trying to limit for us,
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,
Russia and the United States will hold regular consultations on Ukraine after both sides appoint negotiating teams,
We seek a strong and lasting peace in Ukraine, ... To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, and this must be accompanied by strong and credible security guarantees for the Ukrainians,
I have reason to believe that the American side has started to better understand our position,
We not only listened, but also heard each other,
For us to be able to continue to move down this road, we need to have diplomatic facilities that are operating and functioning normally,
But President Trump is in a position – that he campaigned on – to initiate a process that could bring about an end to this conflict, and from that could emerge some very positive things for the United States, for Europe, for Ukraine, for the world,
Ukraine and Europe – in the broad sense, including the European Union, Turkey and the United Kingdom – must be involved in discussions and the development of necessary security guarantees together with the United States, as these decisions shape the future of our part of the world,
No one is being sidelined here."