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We’re living in the most momentous and dangerous of times,
she said in a statement
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Zelenskyy largely demonstrated a complete lack of diplomatic skills,
Peskov saidPresident Trump is a different politician to me and different to Keir [Starmer], but the one thing I have seen is that our prime minister, Keir, is able to have that constructive dialogue, and he will do that, and he has a huge amount of integrity, and he won’t do it on the airwaves,
she told broadcasters
We need to put pressure on Russia, not on Ukraine, as it seems to be happening in recent weeks,
Haddad told France 2.We are living in dangerous times. Europe’s security is threatened in a very real way,
said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen while presenting a new plan to unlock up to €800 billion of additional defense spending over the coming yearsNATO is our strongest defence pillar, and Romania remains a committed and reliable ally. We must step up investments to strengthen our defence capability. Europeans and Americans need to work closely together to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine,
he saidWe must strengthen our relationship with America.
Even as the British political mainstream recoiled from Trump’s bully-boy behaviour, Starmer yesterday told the House of Commons
I have expressed various doubts about the Franco-British proposal while thanking my colleagues
Meloni said about the British-French planIt is what I was saying, this guy doesn't want there to be Peace as long as he has America's backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelensky, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S.
Trump said following the summitProbably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia
He added in what appeared to be an attack on what he appeared to perceive as a weakness of European leaders
We understand the importance of America, and we are grateful for all the support we've received from the United States."
After the talks in London, Zelensky attempted to address criticism from the US that he
We need a leader that can deal with us, eventually deal with the Russians, and end this war,
Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser, told CNN
We need peace, not endless war,
he said on TelegramThe world has changed. Europe's relative military and economic power has declined. Its ability to exact unequal geopolitical and geoeconomic dividends has diminished. … Europe should recognize this new multipolar reality."
Michael Dunford, a professor emeritus at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, saidIf there is NATO and the war is over, it means I fulfilled my mission,
Zelenskyy said on Monday
We need a very radical reset,
Mandelson told ABC NewsIn the near future, all of us in Europe will shape our common positions — the lines we must achieve and the lines we cannot compromise on,
he addedThere won't be European troops on Ukrainian soil in the coming weeks."
the president said, addingWe see that the collective West has partially begun to lose its collectivity, and a fragmentation of the collective West has begun,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
What happened at the White House on Friday, of course, demonstrated how difficult it will be to reach a settlement trajectory around Ukraine,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said