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I think it is in Ukraine's interest to have an end to the fighting, and so now that the U.S. and Ukraine are really aligned, it exposes how Putin is simply not willing to end the war,
said Volker, who resigned as his adviser in 2019 after being named in a whistleblower complaint about the Trump administration So what it does do, from a security perspective, is it gives the U.S. a stake in Ukraine's prosperity, economic development, security, its survival,
The talks failed because of both sides, but Zelenskyy scored more moral points in this competition, because he proposed a more significant version of a truce, Trump is satisfied with him in general,
We lived to witness a merry time, when only our part of the world boasts psychological health,
Moscow postponed talks until the fall and is getting ready for an active summer offence, trying to probe weak spots in our defence,
Kirill Sazonov, a political analyst-turned serviceman fighting in the Donetsk region, wrote on Telegram on Monday Is the Trump temptation over? Are we recovering?”
Vladimir Solovyov, a popular television host who once threatened to turn the West into “radioactive ashes”, asked rhetorically during his Sunday show It’s going to be up to them to come to an agreement and stop this brutal, brutal conflict,
Vice President J D Vance told Fox News on Thursday Trump repeats them, tries to implement them, frightens and pressures Ukraine that already is in a pretty precarious situation,
he said about the peace talks that seem to have reached an impasse We don’t need your love, we need your fear.”
Clad in a quasi-military overcoat and speaking in an ominous voice, he uttered yet another warning to the West We have already eaten these ceasefires and concessions to Russia with a big spoon,
she said, referring the US-mediated discussions of a ceasefire between Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists in southeastern Ukraine during Trump’s first presidency In this case, Putin played himself,
Nikolay Mitrokhin, a researcher with Germany’s Bremen University, told Al Jazeera Currently, Putin doesn’t want peace and that’s why the talks make no sense. The White House can get out of them – and nothing will change at all,
The thing is not what Zelenskyy says or doesn’t say. The thing is that Russia will only do exactly what it is allowed to do. And turning a blind eye to its further acts of aggression will not do,
A 30-day ceasefire is not in our strategic interests.; So we´ve tried to move beyond the obsession with the 30-day ceasefire and more on the, what would a long-term settlement look like,
What the Russians have said is ... Vance said I wouldn’t say that the Russians are uninterested in bringing this thing to a resolution. What I would say is, right now, the Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they’re asking for too much,
Vance said during a Q&A session at the Munich Leaders Meeting in Washington, DC — his second time in recent months addressing the group after a blistering speech in Germany in which he criticized European allies What the Russians have said – again, you don’t have to agree with it, but it’s important to understand where the other side is coming from – what the Russians have said, is a 30-day ceasefire is not in our strategic interest,
Well, it’s possible that’s right. He may know some things that, uh – because I’ve been dealing with this and some other things.”
Asked about Vance’s comments on Russia later Wednesday, President Donald Trump appeared unaware of them, but said I think that European civilization and American civilization, European culture and American culture, are very much linked, and they’re always going to be linked,
Our impediment to progress is the president of Russia right now not agreeing to (the 30-day ceasefire),
Keith Kellogg told Fox News, We are getting to a point where some decisions are going to have to be made. I’m not happy about it,
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office
