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I think it's a real reminder that Russia is the aggressor here and that is being felt by the Ukrainians, as it has been felt for three long years now
Asked for his reaction to the attacks as he visited Rolls-Royce in Bristol, Sir Keir told broadcasters
We all know that the world is more uncertain than it felt a few months or years before – we're in a new era
He addedThe search is continuing for people under rubble
the State Emergency Service wrote on the Telegram messaging appPeople were being pulled out of the rubble,
she added
As of 5:30 p.m., the death toll in Kyiv's Sviatoshinsky district has risen to 12,
Ukraine's state emergency services said Thursday
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In 2025, we need to significantly increase our efforts to ensure NATO remains a key source of military advantage for all our nations. Our continued freedom and prosperity depend on it,
Rutte wrote
The balls are clearly in the Russian court now,
Rutte told reporters at the White House after meeting TrumpWe rather have the impression that it is the Russians who are slowing down the discussions,
he saidThere is something on the table now, I think, where Ukrainians are really playing ball, and I think the ball is clearly in the Russian court,
Mr. Rutte added
I think we’re doing very well on that, an agreement with Iran,
Mr. Trump saidWe all agree, in NATO, that Russia is the long-term threat to NATO territory, to the whole of the Euro-Atlantic territory,
Rutte told reporters
I’d rather answer that question in a week. I want to see if we can have a deal. No reason to answer it now, but I won’t be happy, let me put it that way.”
Asked what he would do if Putin kept firing bombs on Ukraine, Trump saidI worked with him for four years between 2010 and 2014,
Rutte said, describing the period he served as prime minister of the NetherlandsThere was the air raid siren, we did not even have time to dress to go out of the apartment. One blast came after the other, all windows were blown out, doors, walls, my husband and son were thrown to the other side,
Kyiv resident Viktoria Bakal said
Rescuers have retrieved two more bodies from under the rubble in the Sviatoshynskyi district. We now have 12 dead."
Updating the earlier death toll, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv city military administration, saidMobile telephones are heard ringing beneath rubble. The search will continue until it becomes clear that they have got everyone,
it saidThere is a realpolitik reality: any deal that can get Russia on board will look unfavorable to the Ukrainians. But within reason the Ukrainians will have to come to terms with something that may be second best to a deal they would have wanted two years ago,
another European diplomat saidThe American position is clear: take it or leave it, this is where we are,
the first European official saidChina is watching. We have told the Trump administration that. We are worried about the message they might take away from any end to the war that appears to award Russia for the bloodshed,
said one Asian diplomatAt this juncture, we judge that getting agreement on key terms now is the most expeditious way to achieve the core objective
said one US official familiar with the months-long back and forth who criticized the administration’s lack of strategic approach, calling it “somewhat directionless, rudderless, confused.”