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It’s sort of like hitting a mule with a two-by-four across the nose,
his special envoy on Russia and Ukraine General Keith Kellogg explained They gave Obama the Nobel Prize,
Trump told a Las Vegas rally last October We have to ask ourselves, is it in our national interest? Is it realistic? We’ve talked to the Europeans about this, and the Ukrainians. Are we going to drive every Russian off of every inch of Ukrainian soil, including Crimea?"
We can talk about what’s right and wrong. And we also have to talk about the reality of the situation on the ground. And that’s what we are doing through diplomacy, through shuttle diplomacy, through proximity talks,
For Ukraine, there are red lines – including that there can be no restrictions on the size of the defence forces and no prohibitions on Ukraine’s participation in international organisations, including the EU and NATO. The issue of NATO was also mentioned by [Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Andrii] Yermak, who stressed that Russia must not have a veto,
It is not reasonable to demand that, for example, Zaporizhzhia or Kherson [oblasts - ed.] be fully handed over,
We will do our best to retake it with diplomacy,
It must be Moscow, not Ukrainians or Western taxpayers, who pay to rebuild the infrastructure that Russia has so deliberately destroyed."
I would like all partners to understand exactly what Putin is planning, what he is preparing for, and what he will be ignoring. The buildup of Russian forces indicates that Moscow intends to keep ignoring diplomacy. It is clear that Russia is prolonging the war."
