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He, like President Putin, wants to make PEACE. We discussed a variety of topics having to do with the War, but mostly, the meeting that is being set up on Friday in Munich, where Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the Delegation. I am hopeful that the results of that meeting will be positive. It is time to stop this ridiculous War, where there has been massive, and totally unnecessary, DEATH and DESTRUCTION. God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine!"
We need to get all sides to the table and end this war,
We’re not where we’re supposed to be,
Ratcliffe told the Senate Intelligence Committee in January I believe this nation views Putin and Russia as a great competitor in the region, at times an adversary,
Leavitt said when asked how Trump views Russia and Putin I have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, to lead the negotiations which, I feel strongly, will be successful,
Trump posted to Truth Social on Wednesday, announcing We have to make sure that Europe overcomes the challenges of the future in a strong and sovereign manner and with its back straight,
Scholz told reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign event in Kassel, ahead of his departure for the French capital I am certain that we will be able to develop a clear position,
If the framework is given, Germany will not shy away,
a defence ministry spokesperson told a press conference in Berlin on the issue of ground troops This will be a great task for Europe, for the U.S. and international alliance partners,
But any role in helping to guarantee Ukraine's security is helping to guarantee the security of our continent, and the security of this country,
Those are details, and I’m not dismissive of the details, they’re important. But I think the beginning here is trust-building. It’s getting everybody to understand that this war does not belong continuing, that it should end. That’s what the president has directed us to do,
Witkoff told Fox News on Sunday What we don't want to do is get into a large group discussion,
he told a fringe event in Munich, noting I don't know what countries are supposed to do at talks on Ukraine."
Russia's Lavrov, meanwhile, weighed in on the confusion Monday, saying There is nothing on the negotiating table that would be worth discussing,
he told Ukrainian television People weren’t ready to accept it at the time, its feminism,
It risks the worst of all possible worlds: a kind of stagflation,
said Stiglitz, a Columbia University professor and former World Bank economist However, if the war were to become ‘frozen’ and Russia no longer had to suffer significant losses during the active hostilities in Ukraine, Moscow would be able to increase its military presence next to the NATO’s northeastern flank, including the Baltics, within the next five years,
Russia is likely to be more willing to use military force in a regional war against one or more European NATO countries if it perceives NATO as militarily weakened or politically divided,
Labour stated in its manifesto a commitment to set a path to 2.5 per cent and that remains the policy of the Government.
Unless Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves can find ways of producing more money, well beyond 2.5 per cent towards 3 per cent or 3.5 per cent for starters, then this Strategic Defence Review is going to be hollow, it's going to be a failure and, frankly, it'll consign Keir Starmer to the bin of history.