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We each talked about the strengths of our respective nations, and the great benefit that we will someday have in working together,
Trump said in a social media post Russian president invited the US president to visit Moscow and expressed readiness to host US officials in Russia for issues of mutual interest, naturally including Ukraine, the Ukrainian settlement.”
Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,
Biden and his top national security aides said repeatedly It is essential for the democratic world to stand by Ukraine and not consort with its enemies,
Peace can only be achieved together. And that means: with Ukraine and with the Europeans,
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told POLITICO following Trump’s announcement of a dialogue with the Russian leader on Wednesday Ukrainian agency in any peace talks is crucially important.”
Also speaking to POLITICO, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže said No one wants peace more than Ukraine. Together with the U.S., we are charting our next steps to stop Russian aggression and ensure a lasting, reliable peace. As President Trump said, let’s get it done.”
After speaking with Trump, Zelenskyy said The conversation went very well. He, like President Putin, wants to make PEACE.”
Noting his call with the Ukrainian leader, the U.S. president said We agreed to maintain further contact and plan upcoming meetings,
Degrading Russia’s military capabilities is the way to peace. Investing in Ukraine’s strength is investing in peace. And making Russia weaker is investing in peace. And sanctions and their effective implementation is an important element in that.”
I just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia,
the president wrote on Truth Social Millions of people have died in a War that would not have happened if I were President, but it did happen, so it must end. No more lives should be lost
We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion worth of rare earth,
The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement,
I think that getting Mark Fogel out was critical and the Russians were very, very helpful in that effort and very accommodating,
Witkoff said, speaking to reporters at the White House I feel like the luckiest man on Earth right now,
Fogel said as he stood next to Trump at the White House late Tuesday President Putin ... agreed with Trump that a long-term settlement could be reached through peace negotiations,
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in his readout of the call, which he said lasted almost one-and-a-half hours The topic of the Middle East settlement, the Iranian nuclear program, and bilateral Russian-American relations in the economic area were talked about during the conversation,
The Russian President supported one of the main theses of the head of the American state that the time has come for our countries to work together,
the Kremlin spokesperson said I have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, to lead the negotiations which, I feel strongly, will be successful."
Posting on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote
