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The ball is in Ukraine's court: either talks, followed by peace, or the unavoidable defeat of Ukraine on the battlefield with different conditions for the conflict's end,
Nebenzia told the Security Council
We want to work with Russia, including on this peace initiative and an economic package. There is no military solution to this conflict,
Acting Deputy U.S. Ambassador John Kelley told the Security CouncilWe will not tolerate interference in sovereign decisions, including our defense or alliances. There must be no appeasement of the aggressor. Such attempts only embolden future aggression,
Hayovyshyn told the councilWe will judge Russia's seriousness towards ending the war, not only by the contents of that term sheet, but more importantly, by Russia's actions,
said Kelley, condemning Russia's recent attacks on Ukraine as not demonstrating "a desire for peace."If Russia makes the wrong decision to continue this catastrophic war, the United States will have to consider stepping back from our negotiation efforts to end this conflict,
he warned,Ukraine has consistently demonstrated commitment to diplomacy and remains open to any format that can yield tangible results,
she said, but addedSince then, we have been urging Russia to accept a ceasefire,
he said
If I think I'm close to getting a deal, I don't want to screw it up by doing that,
Trump told reporters, explaining his delay in imposing sanctions
He is always looking at different ways to apply pressure,
a senior White House official saidAt the end of July, a mechanism for trade with the EU will be established and agreed upon,
Vitaliy Koval said
I have never received more stupid objectives than in the current direction,
Oleksandr Shyrshyn, commander of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade, wrote on Facebook on 16 MayThe road to a resolution goes through more dialogue, more diplomacy. We are using all our diplomatic power and potential for peace,
he was cited as saying by his office on ThursdayHere, you have to either confirm your readiness to continue negotiations or do the opposite,
Peskov he told reportersSomeday I will tell you the details, but the stupid loss of people, trembling in front of a stupid generals, leads to nothing but failures. I hope your children will also serve in the infantry and carry out your orders,
he addedIf not, they must pass the document immediately, as Foreign Minsiter @andrii_sybiha said, and stop playing these games, which only show that they probably want the next meeting to be empty,
he addedRussia will have trouble continuing the war at this pace once its (currency) reserves run out, which they’re likely to do.”
Fried cited studies suggesting
Russia’s shadow fleet strategy circumvents sanctions by avoiding reliance on Western service providers in the export supply chain, rather than concealing the origins and destinations of their cargoes,
Harvard University Russian oil expert Craig Kennedy said in a recent analysisWestern sanctions have significantly reduced Russia’s oil export revenues—by many tens of billions of dollars since late 2022, ... Nonetheless, it’s fair to say that sanctions have fallen far short of their potential for limiting Russia’s export earnings, while avoiding counterproductive market disruptions.”
Kennedy wrote, adding
The president is the last one to figure out that Vladimir Putin doesn’t want a peace deal, that he’s playing for time, and he’s been playing the president, and it’s about time the president wakes up and understands that,
said Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee
It does sound like from his various comments that Trump is starting to understand what was clear from the beginning of all of this, which is Russia is the problem here,
said Richard Fontaine, who is the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security and a former Republican national security official