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It was at God’s will that this fate fell upon our shoulders to carry out such a challenging but honorable mission of defending Russia,
Putin told soldiers after a Kremlin ceremony where he awarded them state decorations Although today Russia declares its interest in ending the conflict, its actions are only escalating the aggression,
the Czech Foreign Ministry said We support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. The borders of states cannot be changed by force – we will continue to consider Crimea and parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, which are currently illegally occupied by the Russian army, as indivisible parts of Ukraine. Any future agreements must reflect this indisputable fact,
the Foreign Ministry added While people understand Putin's influence is very high, the war has been going on for three years when they were promised it will take three weeks … When a new player enters here, Donald Trump, they probably expect it will make a difference."
Aleksei Miniailo, a Russian opposition politician and the founder of Chronicles, said I think the Russians want to see the war end, I really do. I think they have the cards a little bit because they've taken a lot of territory."
U.S. President Donald Trump said on February 20 All the language that we are hearing about Ukraine being responsible for the war, you might as well say the swimmers are responsible for attacking the shark in Jaws".
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, he added Ukraine should hold its next elections at a time when the country can guarantee the security and democratic standards of those elections. [This] cannot be guaranteed during the current all-out war,
said Peter Erben and Gio Kobakhidze of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems non-profit An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections.”
It was a move that prompted a withering rebuke from then-Senator John McCain, who chastised Trump, saying It is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelenskyy’s democratic legitimacy. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the elected head of state of Ukraine. The fact that proper elections cannot be held in the middle of a war is in line with the requirements of the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No one should claim otherwise.”
Elections had, indeed, been due last year, but as Germany’s outgoing chancellor noted Yes, that might be the case.”
Asked if there could be protests against a bad deal or problems with the army, she replied What we have to do is keep the pressure on, and then go into negotiations ― negotiations that will include the Ukrainians, not exclude them,
I have been very clear in my support for Ukraine,
Russia, China and Iran have been working in a coordinated effort to undermine and destabilize the United States, Europe, Israel and the free world,
This is not a statesman or a diplomat,
It’s Ukraine that decides whether she wants to fight or not, ... You know what happened in Munich in ’38? Czechoslovakia was dictated to, but that was because Czechoslovakia wasn’t ready to fight alone and didn’t have allies. Ukraine is fighting and rather successfully defeated the Russians at sea, for example, and has allies. We in Europe have said that we will continue to support Ukraine come what may.”
Ukraine, remember, has 110 brigades in the field,
I think every new administration always takes a bit of time to find its feet and to assess the full information from intelligence agencies and so on, and is talking to allies,
The phrases he is saying are so deep and so correct,
The war didn’t need to happen. It was provoked,
he added later in his answer And so President Trump isn’t getting drawn into that in unnecessary ways, and as a result, we’re closer to peace today than ever before,