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I thought it might be easier to deal with Zelenskyy. So far, it's been harder,
he said, comparing the Ukrainian leader to Putin
I think everybody has been negotiating in good faith, but it's now time, I think, to take, if not the final step, one of the final steps, which is, at a broad level, the parties saying, 'We're going to stop the killing, we're going to freeze the territorial lines at some level close to where they are today, and we're going to actually put in place the kind of long-term diplomatic settlement that hopefully will lead to long-term peace,
he addedWe insist on an immediate, complete and unconditional ceasefire,
he saidWe've issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it's time for them to either say yes, or for the United States to walk away from this process,
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It is perfectly reasonable to accept the reality that for an indefinite period of time parts of Ukraine will be under illegal Russian occupation,
Mr. Fried said
That didn’t prevent détente, or even a negotiated end to the Cold War,
Mr. Charap said
Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory,
Mr. Trump wroteThere is nothing to talk about. It is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people,
he saidThey [Ukrainians] have been fighting, they've lost a lot of territory and we'll do the best we can, working with Ukraine. We'll do the best we can. But they lost a lot of territory,
he added
Crimea is strategically very important. This isn't a peace—it's a surrender!"
Meanwhile, Julia Hartley-Brewer also joined the conversation and said
Not our war. Nothing to do with us. Let’s look at looking after our homeless, borders, ex forces rather than staff away the countries money on war."
A second person also chimed inTrump is isolating himself ever more. There's no logic behind it. He's playing into Putin's hands. [...] Putin is playing him like a grand master."
Philip then addedCan't we just sort our country out before worrying about the rest of the world...? Britain is on the verge of disaster... How can we go around preaching 'democracy' when we're in this state?"
A third also commented
All of our partners and allies at the time said that we should not provoke Russia, that they, together with the Ukrainian state, would definitely find forms and ways to resolve this crisis. I am quoting what they told me when I was in the occupied Crimea,
Refat Chubarov said
Those who reproach us for not resisting should recall the cowardly position of their own states, which acted as guarantors of the security of the Ukrainian state under the Budapest Memorandum
he told Euronews, referring to the US as one of the signatories of the memorandumBecause then there would be pogroms, would be very tragic events, and they would not be able to help civilians,
he remembers being toldIf the president of the United States somehow officially calls Crimea Russian territory, it would be a great excuse for Putin to get out of the mess he's in, and he would personally present it to Russian society as a huge victory,
he addedThe key message is making the Americans understand what’s at stake,
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This completely corresponds with our understanding, which we have been saying for a long time,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Trump’s remarks
My sense is that Europe understands the stakes, and that Europe will continue to support the Ukrainian government,
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski of Poland said in an interview