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I am confident that after our meeting in the Vatican, President Trump began to look at things a little differently,
I told him about the quantity, and he told me that they would work on it, that these things are not free,
I believe that we had the best conversation with President Trump of all those that have taken place before,
Zelensky told journalists on Friday, in remarks released Saturday by Ukraine’s presidential office Our position is very simple towards all countries that have travelled or are travelling to Russia on May 9 - we cannot take responsibility for what is happening on the territory of the Russian Federation
We behave decently with China and with states that have not supported Ukraine since the beginning of the war, but are somewhere in between or sometimes more inclined towards the Russians because of historical ties
Imagine, everyone understands how difficult it will be with the issue of territories and sanctions. That's why there are signals that, probably, after a ceasefire is agreed upon, some countries will want us to be left face to face with the Russians."
It makes me think that maybe he doesn't want to stop the war, he's just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through "Banking" or "Secondary Sanctions?" ... Too many people are dying!
Hours later, Trump criticised Putin in a Truth Social post for attacking Kyiv with a missile strike, writing I was telling him that it's a very good thing if we can produce a deal that you sign it, because Russia is much bigger and much stronger,
Russia continues to refuse a full, long-term ceasefire - all partners are tired of these Russian manipulations
When the Trump administration says they’ll walk away, we don’t know what that means. Does that mean they walk away from negotiations and keep supporting Ukraine?”
Is there any part of this that doesn’t look like a win for Russia? No,
If there are restrictions on the kinds of weapons Ukraine can receive (from the West) or the size of the army, then it will be very difficult to get them to accept this sort of agreement,
I think it’s very difficult for the Kremlin to calculate the risks of dragging this out,
The question is going to be now: is he prepared to alter course and begin to take a tougher approach towards Russia, or does he just blame both parties and walks away from it?”
In their conversations, Macron and Starmer have been trying to point that out to Trump,
While we are better placed to act as a bridge than almost any other country, there is a moment of truth coming,
said the same former ambassador quoted above It’s something that the president [Macron] repeatedly says, and tries to get through to Trump. That’s our strategy right now.”
