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Hopefully, president Putin can agree to it also and we can get this show on the road.”
After the announcement of the ceasefire deal, Donald Trump told reporters
Our hope is that the Russians will answer 'yes' as quickly as possible, so we can get to the second phase of this, which is real negotiations,
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As both American and Ukrainian delegations have said, the ball is now in the Russian court,
Starmer said in a statement, congratulating both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump for the "remarkable breakthrough".We are ready to help bring an end to this war in a just and permanent way that allows Ukraine to enjoy its freedom,
he saidThe ball is in their court,
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What I have to do is build a strong country,
the president said Sunday in an interview with Fox’s Maria BartiromoWe’re going to tell them this is what’s on the table, Ukraine is ready to stop shooting and start talking, and now it’ll be up to them to say yes or no.”
Afterwards, Mr Rubio said
They’ve [Ukrainians] suffered greatly and their people have suffered greatly, and it’s hard in the aftermath of something like that to even talk about concessions,
Rubio told reporters
All the drone strikes in Russia tonight — on Moscow, on airports and so on — are the signal to Putin that he also must be interested in a truce in the sky that Ukraine is going to offer today during talks. Not only oil refineries,
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian government’s center for countering disinformation, said in a video statementThe United States will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine,
the statement said
I´m not saying that alone is enough, but it´s the kind of concession you would need to see in order to end the conflict,
he told reporters
This is an additional signal to Putin that he should also be interested in a ceasefire in the air,
said Andriy Kovalenko, a national security council official responsible for countering disinformation
We are ready to do everything to achieve peace,
Ukrainian presidency chief of staff Andriy Yermak told reporters as he entered Tuesday's meeting at a luxury hotelHopefully, we'll have a good meeting and good news to report,
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There are no (peace) negotiations yet, so there is nothing to disrupt here."
Asked whether the overnight drone attack could derail peace talks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov saidIt is absolutely impossible to talk about positions yet,
he saidAs President Trump and Secretary Rubio have said, it is the policy of the United States that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is unsustainable and must end. The United States will use our leverage, influence, and national power to advance peace and implement a sustainable solution to this conflict. The killing must stop,
the State Department noted
Donald Trump is trying to weaken Ukraine’s hand and we are owed an explanation. If Putin gains ground he won’t agree to a ceasefire and will eventually threaten a NATO ally and this puts American troops and the American people at risk,
Kelly declared in one of his tweetsJust left Ukraine. What I saw proved to me we can’t give up on the Ukrainian people. Everyone wants this war to end, but any agreement has to protect Ukraine’s security and can’t be a giveaway to Putin. Let me tell you about my trip and why it’s important we stand with Ukraine,
Kelly noted in his postWell, we just about have."
When President Donald Trump was asked on Sunday if he would consider lifting the intelligence pause on Ukraine, he replied