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We need to speak more, to work more and to prepare the plan ... how to stop Putin
We want, really, we want this very much, but we need real security guarantees,
I will meet with Russians — with only one Russian guy, with Putin — only after we will have a common plan with Trump, Europe,
It is not surprising that Donald Trump wanted to speak to Vladimir Putin, and indeed wanted to speak to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but these are just talks at the moment. We are some way from a negotiated peace,
I was very encouraged in our conversations about Ukraine,
Lammy said, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference after meeting with Vance earlier in the day A failed Ukraine would weaken Europe but it would also weaken the United States,
Von der Leyen told the Munich Security Conference It would intensify the challenges in the Indo-Pacific and threaten our shared interests,
If they provide us with specific answers to specific requests from us and a common understanding of the dangerous Putin, then, with our unified understanding, we will be ready to talk with the Russians
His signals were strong, we are grateful for that.
Zelensky said of Vance's comments The regrettable thing … is that the Trump administration has, in my opinion, unnecessarily taken two important negotiating items off the table,
Without Europe’s participation in the negotiations … it is difficult to imagine that Europeans should then secure this peace afterwards without having been involved in the negotiations to bring about peace together,
I don't see that the U.S. has a plan ready,
I hope to keep united with our American allies, because it's Iran, Russia, also North Korea, but more covertly China teaming up against us, so we need to stick to our ground,
There is a framework in place for the release of our hostages,
the spokesperson David Mencer said A peace that is a capitulation is bad news for everyone.”
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has been among those demanding the US be more cautious, saying I will not meet with Russians but then I will not meet with Americans there,
There are any number of formulations, of configurations, but we do care about Ukraine having sovereign independence,
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,
