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But in these 24 hours, what I have seen, was a tremendous sense of unity and of conversions of use, and maybe not on everything and every detail, but still in Alliance, moving united forward,
There's been a lot of talk about the trip Steve Witkoff took to Moscow and how he met with Putin,
Where do the Ukrainians and Europeans fit into all of this? At this point we don't know,
You don't know with Putin and the Russians,
We shouldn't take anything off the table before the negotiations have even started. Because it plays to Russia's court,
Kaja Kallas, the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, told reporters on Thursday Some people talked out of turn, but I don't think we're conceding anything."
Asked if the U.S. was conceding too much to Putin upfront, Coale said I believe that is the reason the war started,
Right now, that is still on the table,
said John Coale, President Donald Trump's deputy Ukraine envoy, when asked whether the U.S. had ruled out possible NATO membership for Ukraine The Europeans want this war stopped,
There will be a bilateral Russian-American track of this dialogue, and a track that will be related to Ukraine’s involvement,
said Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson Why are we giving them [Russia] everything that they want even before the negotiations have been started?”
Kallas, a former Estonian prime minister said The previous US administration held the view that everything needed to be done to keep the war going. The current administration, as far as we understand, adheres to the point of view that everything must be done to stop the war and for peace to prevail,
We know who the good guys are and who the bad guys are,
Hegseth said behind closed doors, ... according to Healey The peace dividend has to end,
Hegseth said, though he refused to say We have not said in any way we are abandoning our allies in Europe. There have been no decisions on troop levels, but that’s a discussion to be had by the commander-in-chief in these high-stakes negotiations,
3.4 per cent is a very robust investment, ... Ultimately we have our own budgetary considerations.”
Any deal behind our backs will not work. Any agreement will need also Ukraine and Europe being part of it,
[Europeans] provide the bulk of financial assistance to Ukraine,
Grand said, pointing to Ukraine's path toward joining the European Union I challenge anyone else to think of a world leader at this moment who, with credibility and strength, could bring those two leaders to the table and forge a durable peace that ultimately serves the interests of Ukraine,
The arguments that have been made that somehow coming to the table right now is making concessions to Vladimir Putin outright that the President of the United States shouldn’t otherwise make — I just reject that at its face."
But when pressed on whether the US would also spell out concessions Russia might have to make, he wouldn’t be drawn, instead saying
