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I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended, and that's not from the standpoint of economy or anything else. It's from the standpoint of millions of lives are being wasted."
In a highly anticipated address via videolink to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said Our efforts to secure a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine are now, hopefully, underway. It's so important to get that done."
Without providing details, Trump also said Thursday Zelenskyy told me he wants to make a deal.” ... I don’t know if Putin does … He might not. I think he should make a deal. I think he’s destroying Russia by not making a deal,
But, he added in the Oval Office on the first day of his second presidency ... a reference to the country’s failing economy and inflation I love Europe, I love the countries of Europe.”
Still, while Trump has previously slammed NATO members for their lackluster defense spending and other perceived ills, on Thursday in his WEF address he seemed to strike a conciliatory tone, saying Well you’re gonna have to ask Russia. Ukraine is ready to make a deal.”
Asked whether he believed the war in Ukraine would end by the time the WEF returned to Davos in a year, Trump said It’s time to end it.”
Russia is not the Gaza Strip. And starting a dialogue with ultimatums is not the most far-sighted move on the part of a leader claiming to be a peacemaker. Moscow will never agree to any deals dictated by blackmail and threats,
It confirms that his level of understanding of the causes, current state and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis is approximately at the same level as his understanding of the course and outcome of World War II,
Kosachyov said in a statement Trump could have afforded to take his time (on Ukraine), but he has decided not to drag things out and is slowly starting to apply pressure (on Russia),
Gallyamov wrote on his blog Is that any way to talk to great Russia?,
an angry Solovyov told his listeners We carefully record all the nuances. We remain ready for dialogue, President Putin has repeatedly spoken about this — for equal dialogue, for mutually respectful dialogue,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters We have to change the trajectory of the war,
If Ukraine loses then to restore the deterrence of the rest of Nato again, it will be a much, much higher price than what we are contemplating at this moment in terms of ramping up our spending and ramping up our industrial production,
I flew off the couch to get dressed, and, running to the cabinet, I was covered in debris, after which I climbed out and heard my wife screaming.”
Speaking to Reuters as he searched the gutted remains of his apartment, a 35-year-old named Serhiy described the attack, saying These can be Russia’s fintech sector, companies involved in the development of e-ruble, central bank digital currency used as an alternative to the SWIFT international payment system Russia is already cut off from, and cryptocurrency payment systems,
Russia is ready for an equal and careful dialogue with the United States, which we had during Trump's first term. We are waiting for signals that have not yet been received."
We do really welcome such strong messages from President Trump and we believe that he will be the winner. And we believe that we have an additional chance to get new dynamic in diplomatic efforts to end this war,
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, speaking in English at a discussion panel in Davos, Switzerland By decisively cutting off Russian energy revenues from fossil fuels, the US can lead the world in pressuring Moscow to end its aggression and support Ukraine’s fight for sovereignty,
the founder of Razom We Stand clean energy campaign group told The Independent Lower oil prices will hit the Russian budget really hard. In December 2024, Russian trade surplus was the lowest since 2020. If Donald Trump restores the effectiveness of the price cap for Russian oil, Russian federal budget losses will be even greater,
This is not a thing we should discuss publicly, because otherwise I [may as well] send an email to Vladimir Putin to tell him what we are planning."
