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This is Europe’s moment to accelerate and execute,
he said in an interview with the Financial Times that was published on Friday We must also develop a fully integrated European defense, industrial and technological base,
It has no choice. It is running out of road,
A sham peace - over the heads of Ukrainians and Europeans - would gain nothing,
Baerbock said in a statement Peace will only come through strength. This requires tough and long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, a strong NATO and progress in Ukraine's accession negotiations with the European Union,
What Trump is saying to Europe is that it is up to you to carry the burden. And I say, it is up to us to take it on,
There are concerns I think all of us have that Russia be recognised for the aggressor that they are.” ... I appreciate that the president is trying to achieve peace, but we have to make sure that Ukraine does not get the short end of a deal.”
Mike Rounds was quoted as saying ... Susan Collins said Ukraine ought to be the one to negotiate its own peace deal,
said John Cornyn, a foreign relations committee member, according to the Hill The only question at this stage is whether President Putin is genuinely, sustainably and credibly willing to agree to a ceasefire on this basis. After that, it’s up to the Ukrainians to negotiate with Russia,
Russia has gotten themselves into something that I think they wish they didn’t,
Talks with Russians in Munich are not expected.”
However, Zelenskyy’s communications adviser, Dmytro Lytvyn, said Now Russia has taken over a pretty big chunk of territory and they also have said from day one, long before President Putin, they’ve said they cannot have Ukraine be in Nato. They said that very strongly. I actually think that was the thing that caused the start of the war, and [Joe] Biden said it and Zelenskyy said it.”
[It ... It] is up to the international community, with a specific role for the Europeans, to discuss security guarantees and, more broadly, the security framework for the entire region,
I mean, they’re part of it. We would have Ukraine, we have Russia, and we’ll have other people involved too.”
It truly looks as if they want to surrender Ukraine, because I don't see any benefits for our country from these negotiations or Trump's rhetoric."
Myroslava Lesko, 23, standing near a sea of flags in downtown Kyiv honouring fallen troops, said I believe that he would like to see something happen. I trust him on this subject."
Asked whether he trusts Putin, he said The difference between Biden and Trump is that Trump says out loud what Biden was thinking and doing about Ukraine,
We, as a sovereign country, simply will not be able to accept any agreements without us,
Any quick fix is a dirty deal,
European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said We want to do the same thing with the institutions that are stealing the health our children,
