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The message it sends is that it can pay off, for great powers at least, to violate that prohibition of the use of force,
said Lauri Malksoo, an international law professor at the University of Tartu in Estonia In principle, at least, treaties produced through coercion are void,
It's the thin end of the wedge in the Russian plan to end Ukraine,
The Russian side has repeatedly confirmed its readiness, as confirmed by the president, to begin negotiations with Ukraine without any preconditions,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state media on Monday But the ball is not in our court. So far, Kyiv has not demonstrated its ability to negotiate,
he explained, ... adding Moscow International recognition of Russia's ownership of Crimea, Sevastopol, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions is imperative,
he said, using the Kremlin's names for the Ukrainian regions We're close, but we're not close enough" to a deal to
Rubio told broadcaster NBC On the agenda are the tasks of demilitarizing and denazifying Ukraine, lifting sanctions, lawsuits and arrest warrants, as well as returning Russian assets that are 'frozen' in the West,
the foreign minister said All Putin needs to do is rebuild his armed forces, wait for another propitious moment and strike again."
Mr Johnson, writing in the Daily Mail, said There is nothing like enough in these proposals to stop him (Putin).
Crimea will stay with Russia. Zelenskyy understands that, and everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time.”
U.S. President Donald Trump underscored the Crimea proposal in an interview published Friday in Time magazine That’s why Russia is pushing it, because they know it’s impossible to achieve,
It doesn’t mean anything,
said Oleksandr Merezkho, a lawmaker with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party We lost our best guys in this war,
said Oleksandr, a soldier in the Donetsk region, who spoke on the condition that only his first name be used in line with military protocols