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We agreed that pressure on Moscow must be strengthened to achieve a full and durable ceasefire, stop the killing, and advance peace efforts."
Quote from Sybiha
It looks surreal, weird when Ukraine is complying to everything required from us, and Putin ignores, rejects,
said Merezhko
The feeling is that we will either hold out and allow the political leadership of the country to freeze the conflict along the contact line, or the enemy will break through,
said a Ukrainian soldier with the call sign Corsair Denis in the Sumy regionThey're desperate to keep the Americans on their side,
said Balazs Jarabik, an analyst specializing in Eastern Europe and Ukraine.jpg)
We understand that Washington wants to achieve quick success in this process, but at the same time we hope that there is an understanding that the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis is too complicated, there are many questions and details that need to be addressed before the settlement,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters last monthHe and I will meet, and I think we’ll solve it, or maybe not,
Trump saidBetter to call it a circus,
said a Ukrainian drone operator with the 68th brigade who, like other soldiers, gave only his call sign Goose in line with military protocolHe is in a difficult situation because behind him is a whole nation of people who are suffering,
said Oleksandr Merezkho, a lawmaker in Zelenskyy’s party.jpg)
The pressure on the Russian Federation must continue. We should not really relax at this point."
Ukraine's first deputy foreign minister, Serhii Kyslytsia, declared
It was not Russia that broke off negotiations in 2022. It was Kyiv. Nevertheless, we are proposing that Kyiv resume direct negotiations without any preconditions."
He referred to unsuccessful negotiations following the Russian invasion in 2022, stating.jpg)
We are continuing to prepare new sanctions in coordination with the United States,
Macron said at a leaders' meeting in Albania, as reported by news agency AFP
While the war continues to take lives, it is of critical importance that the ceasefire be implemented as soon as possible,
he said
We haven't received a Russian 'yes' on this basic point,
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhii said after the talks
I don’t think anything productive is actually going to happen from this point forward until they engage in a very frank and direct conversation, which I know President Trump is willing to do,
Rubio said on Thursday
Pressure must continue to rise until real progress is made,
Zelensky saidThe tentative success of today’s negotiations is still to be consolidated,
First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya told reporters later in the afternoon
If we managed to agree on 1,000 for 1,000 exchange we think this was already worth it
said Tykhyi, the foreign ministry spokesman, referring to an agreed prisoner swapWe came because we were told that there might be a direct engagement between the Russians and the Ukrainians; that was originally the plan,
he told reportersPresident Trump intends to hold talks with the Russian side in the coming hours or days to find out what happened and try to determine the next steps,
he addedIt is clear that Russia's refusal to cease fire and to attend a high-level meeting is unacceptable for all of us and unacceptable in light of the US proposal… This must prompt a response at some point,
he said