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Part of my trip was to go and tell the Ukrainian people that we wanted an economic partnership with them,
Bessent told Bret Baier on "Special Report."
Here’s the bottom line: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is going to sign that deal, and you will see that in the very short term."
During his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Trump’s National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, saidYou know, I think they want it, and they feel good about it,
Trump told reporters on Friday in the Oval Office after the swearing-in ceremony of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.jpg)
I've been watching this man for years now as his cities get demolished, as his people get killed, as his soldiers get decimated,
Trump told Fox News co-host Brian KilmeadeI've been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it,
he addedDonald Trump’s words on the war in Ukraine cannot be half-accepted or negotiated around. They must be rejected. Truth is too important. And the truth is that Mr Trump is turning the values of the American republic on their head. He stands at the head of a nation founded on the idea that a people have the right to decide their own future. That noble idea cannot be given up without a fight.”
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I don’t think that this ‘peace process’ is for Ukrainians’ sake. It is laughable that they pretend it is,
said Iryna, 26, a lawyer from Kyiv
There is only one problem: insufficient and untimely military assistance from allies, including the United States,
said Serhii, a 50-year-old accountantUkraine will have to keep fighting – deal or no deal,
said Katarina, 37, an interior designer and architect who left Kyiv when the war began and now lives in a small village in a suburb of the Ukrainian capitalI feel that Trump wants to become a hero, to be the next Reagan, who warmed relations with the USSR which later led to its dissolution and an American win in the cold war,
he saidIt is not uncommon to not invite weaker parties to the table during diplomacy talks,
he saidI had hoped that we could put an end to the bloodshed, negotiate a fair deal for Ukraine, get some real security guarantees,
he saidAnother document, the so-called peace agreement, will turn into another piece of paper,
he saidI don’t think Trump gives a damn about Ukraine,
she saidNow, ... I have no housing, no job, I’m a refugee.”
she saidIf you were to get a ceasefire, then a ceasefire is just time for Putin to take a rest and rearm and come back and get the rest of what he wants,
said one of the sources
Ukrainians feel like they are the only adults left in the room,
Sasha Dovzhyk, director of the Institute for Documentation and Exchange, told Paula Newton on CNN InternationalThe agreement is not ready to protect us or our interests,
he told reporters, notingPresident Trump is obviously very frustrated right now with President Zelensky,
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said on ThursdayWe are not new to this fight; the only addition is that currently we are facing aggression and misinformation from another side — which is the side of our great ally the United States of America.”
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