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The meeting with the US team started very constructively, and we are working to bring about a just and lasting peace,
said Yermak, who is Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff Now we think it’s necessary to discuss the most important: how to start this process,
Yermak told reporters in the lobby of Jeddah’s Ritz-Carlton hotel before the meeting Putin has proven time and again that he is a hostile neighbor. He cannot be trusted, he can only be deterred,
They're not peace talks. They're capitulation demands given to Ukraine by the Russian Federation and its client state, the United States. It's all maskirovka, designed to fail because invader Russia makes no concessions at all. The goal is to turn public opinion against Ukraine."
Michael MacKay, a pro-Ukraine X user, wrote on the platform Russia continues to publicly claim that it wants peace while offering no concessions of its own in sharp contrast with the concessions Ukraine has already offered."
In its Russian Offensive Campaign assessment published on March 10, the ISW said Territorial concessions to what is now called Ukraine were made by the Soviet leadership during the formation of the USSR."
Lavrov also ruled out making any territorial concessions to Ukraine before the U.S. and Russia's meeting in Saudi Arabia on February 17, saying The first stages [of ending the war] could be the release of prisoners and truce in the sky—ban on missiles, long-ranged drones, bombs on energy and other civilian infrastructure—and truce in the sea immediately, if Russia will do the same."
After his explosive meeting with Trump at the White House, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky proposed in a March 4 post on X, formerly known as Twitter Russian President V.V. Putin has repeatedly said, we are always ready for negotiations. But at the same time, our national interests must be guaranteed. The root causes of the conflict in Ukraine must be eradicated,
The ISW cited a magazine interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' on March 10, in which Lavrov said ... echoing Putin's repeated demands We hope for practical outcomes,
Zelensky said on social media Tuesday Dear Americans, dear Ukrainians, don’t waste this chance. The whole world is watching you in Jeddah today. Good luck
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media We have seen the Russian strategy at work, with ceasefires that unfortunately were not respected,
French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said at the Paris Defense and Strategy Forum We’re ready to do everything to achieve peace,
said Zelensky’s top aide, Andriy Yermak, who traded his usual military-casual garb for a suit and tie, a sartorial change following criticism from U.S. conservatives that Zelensky didn’t wear formal attire at the White House The lid of a boiling cauldron is almost closed! Good job!”
Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president and prime minister before becoming deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, wrote on Telegram We partially try to solve this by using our data and the data from our allies, the real ones,
Romanenko quipped, referring to the United Kingdom and France – nations that are still aiding Ukraine Every time I hear explosions, I think – how many more [Patriot] missiles do we have left? When is the roof of my house going to collapse?”
Mariya Minchenko, a 27-year-old ambulance paramedic, told Al Jazeera, referring to two massive bombings of Kyiv since March 3. We count on the US aid. I think the suspension of this aid would help Putin,
Zelenskyy said on March 3 during an emergency meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Trump is not just a bad president, he’s a bad human being, rotten to his very core,
Some suffocated right [in the pipeline], some turned back. About a hundred came out in our rear, split into two groups and were almost immediately ambushed by our special forces. And [also killed by] a massive squall of artillery,
Evhen Sazonov wrote on Telegram Our enemy is strong, they have strong brains, they’re quick to copycat and scale up our findings,
We have to understand the Ukrainian position and just have a general idea of what concessions they’d be willing to make, because you’re not going to get a ceasefire and an end to this war unless both sides make concessions,
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