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There is a paradox in these talks and peace initiatives – Ukraine and Russia are both vying for Donald Trump’s attention and seeking to improve their positions with his help,
Naumov said in a commentary
Moscow has every reason to believe that … if this process lands anywhere, it will land in a place that is more or less on Russia’s terms, as long as the process is being driven by Washington,
Greene said
Peace would allow Russia to influence Ukrainian politics and use peaceful means to ensure friendly relations,
Markov saidRussia could say ‘yes, but’ to a ceasefire offer, accepting a 30-day truce on condition that an embargo is imposed on arms supplies to Ukraine,
Markov wrote
As for the settlement of the situation, I would like to emphasize that it shouldn’t be aimed at a brief truce — some sort of a break for regrouping troops and rearmament in order to continue the conflict — but a long-term peace,
Putin has saidThe sort of ceasefire that it might be interested in is quite clearly not the kind of ceasefire that the Ukrainians or the Europeans might be interested in, although the Americans may be more malleable on that,
he addedWe don't need a truce, we need a long-term peace secured by guarantees for the Russian Federation and its citizens. It is a difficult question how to ensure these guarantees,
Putin said in December 2024.
It is difficult for Putin to agree to this in its current form…Putin has a strong position because Russia is advancing."
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How to solve this conundrum? Just as we did after World War II … reconstruction of Ukraine must include economic reconciliation with Russia,
Ryan said
Putin has officially annexed four Ukrainian oblasts as well as Crimea. But Moscow has yet to conquer any of the four entirely,
Rough told Fox News Digital while traveling to UkraineWe can't make that same mistake if we want lasting peace for Ukraine and if we want to split Russia from China,
he added, noting otherThe problem here is that the Russians only understand win-lose outcomes, which means that to prevent them from ever attacking Ukraine again, they must see themselves to be the losers in the war just as they did at the end of the Cold War,
Michael Ryan, former deputy assistant secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy and former acting assistant secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, told Fox News DigitalI think we need to support Ukraine in continuing to dispute Russia's occupation of parts of Ukraine, but to do so through peaceful means, not through war,
Volker said
What they're going to do is say 'yes, but' and then they're going to throw in something completely, completely irrelevant or extraneous as an excuse as to why they can't do this,
said VolkerThere were a lot of differences and arguments between the U.S. and Ukraine, which were really unnecessary,
Volker saidI think that could be an end to this war for a long time to come,
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All the concessions that Ukraine may do, or not, will require first understanding of the security guarantees, because we are basically discussing our countries, our nation's future, and how to assure that,
Rudik said on "National Report."If they say no, then we'll unfortunately know what the impediment is to peace here,
he saidIf you just take away all of the pressure on Russia, there's no reason for them to actually stop fighting,
he saidWe shouldn't get distracted chasing these rabbits down different rabbit holes,
he said