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The embassy, as always, recommends US citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced,
I have a message for both parties: Get this war ended,
Trump said of Ukraine and Russia We will continue to increase our support for Ukraine. Until Russia agrees to an enduring ceasefire, we will ratchet up pressure on Russia's war machine."
What could happen in the coming hours and days, there could be an announcement of a ceasefire either of 30 days or compartmentalized, which is still being discussed,
It is solely there that the decision will be made as to whether there is a chance, starting this coming weekend - that is, at the beginning of next week - to enable a longer ceasefire in Ukraine,
We are ready to support peace talks as soon as possible, to discuss technical implementation of the ceasefire, and prepare for a full peace deal,
All those who truly support peace cannot stand side-by-side with Putin. Those who truly support peace should be in Ukraine tomorrow, not Moscow,
said the EU’s top diplomat on Thursday We reiterate our backing for president Trump’s calls for a peace deal and call on Russia to stop obstructing efforts to secure an enduring peace,
the European leaders said in a joint statement We, the leaders of France, Germany, Poland the United Kingdom will stand in Kyiv in solidarity with Ukraine against Russia’s barbaric and illegal full-scale invasion,
the four European leaders said in their statement The ball is exclusively in Moscow’s court,
Mr Merz told journalists during a visit to Nato headquarters in Brussels We’re all on the same page – there has to be a full ceasefire. And if Russia keeps dragging out the war, we’ll need stronger sanctions – especially if they break the ceasefire when it finally happens,
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has received information concerning a potentially significant air attack that may occur at any time over the next several days,
the embassy said on its website The main focus was the question of the ceasefire and prospects for a peace settlement,
Yermak wrote on Telegram, ... adding that Also discussed was the importance of implementing the points on which our presidents agreed,
My wish ... is that in the coming hours and coming days, we manage to all come together to commit to a ceasefire, saying that if one of the parties betrays it, there will be massive economic sanctions,
Macron told Polish television channel Telewizja Polska We can't give a timetable now, but in an ideal world a Ukraine ceasefire would be declared over the weekend,
Stub told a press conference with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Stoere after a meeting of Northern European nations' leaders in Oslo This theme was long put forward by the Ukrainian side. And as soon as it was advanced by the (US administration of Donald Trump), it was supported by President (Vladimir) Putin with the reservation that it is very difficult to discuss this in detail if no answers are found to a large number of nuances around the notion of a ceasefire,
What has changed is the acceptance of what we, as European NATO partners, are doing,
Merz told a joint Brussels news conference with NATO chief Mark Rutte And that is why I associate the NATO summit in June with more hope today than I did back in February—that we will succeed in developing a joint strategy with the Americans,
he added, referring to a NATO meeting planned for next month in the Netherlands That's where our absolute focus is — with Ukraine, defending the values that yesterday at VE Day we were remembering and commemorating, that were hard-won in the Second World War,