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T HE DARKEST moment of this war is now,
says a Ukrainian intelligence officer
They are very close to a deal, and the two sides should now meet, at very high levels, to ‘finish it off’,
Trump said
Zelenskyy understands that, and everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time,
the U.S. president saidMost of the major points are agreed to,
Trump said in his social media post shortly after arriving in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis
This is true what Trump says, that we don’t have enough weapon — weapons, not people — to regain control of Crimea by arms,
Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv on Friday as he inspected the site of a Russian airstrike that killed 12 peopleReal pressure on Russia is needed so that they accept either the American proposal to cease fire and move towards peace, or our proposal — whichever one can truly work and ensure a reliable, immediate, and unconditional ceasefire, and then — a dignified peace and security guarantees,
Zelenskyy said in his nightly addressBut there is a possibility of sanctions, other economic pressure, diplomatic pressure,
he saidI agree with President Trump that Ukraine does not have enough weapons to regain control of the Crimean peninsula with weapons,
he said Friday
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There are reasons to believe that Ukraine's special services were involved in the murder,
Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statementI just want to see the war end,
the American leader repeated on Wednesday, April 23, in Washington
Trump's view is that this land has been seized and it is not going back. The deal on the table is that the Russian-occupied territory is going to remain occupied. Russia’s not pulling it out of it. That part is set in stone,
the source close to Witkoff said
The [US] funding cut-off actually is going to have as much of an impact as the weapons cut-off [this year], because Ukraine uses that money to buy more weapons from other allies,
the source notedVladimir, STOP!" ... Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!"
On Thursday, after Russia launched its deadliest strike on Kyiv in months, Trump wrote on social media
I don't see any strong pressure on Russia or any new sanctions packages against Russia's aggression,
Zelenskyy said,
We do everything that our partners have proposed; only what contradicts our legislation and the Constitution we cannot do,
Zelenskyy said in response to a question about CrimeaWe only target military goals or civilian sites used by the military."
Asked about the strikes, Lavrov told CBS News.jpg)
The balls are clearly in the Russian court now,
Rutte told reporters at the White House after meeting TrumpAs o f 5:30 p.m., the death toll in Kyiv's Sviatoshinsky district has risen to 12,
Ukraine's state emergency services reported, with the number of wounded rising to 90In the coming days, very significant meetings may take place — meetings that should bring us closer to silence for Ukraine,
Mr. Zelensky said on Friday in remarks that were uncharacteristically optimistic when compared with the tone of previous statements this week
Ukraine’s accession to NATO depends on consensus among the Alliance’s members.”
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