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Rewriting history and pretending that Russia wasn’t the one who started this war is something that we simply cannot and will not agree to,
he added
The West has betrayed Ukraine, ... The opinion of Europeans and Ukrainians does not concern either Moscow or Washington" ... The U.S. and Russia agreed on everything behind Ukraine's back."
The narratives relating to peace negotiations include
Russia is preparing to declare an alleged 'victory' in the war against Ukraine by the 'round date' - 24 February 2025, the third anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale war,
the intelligence agency said, according to Daily Express
Moreover, these plans may also include a 'Russian victory over NATO', as Muscovite propaganda has long described the war against Ukraine as a war with the Alliance,
it addedFor such European governments, the Kremlin is slapping on the ‘enemies of peace’ label,
HUR warned
The special services of the aggressor state of Russia have been instructed by the Kremlin leaders to make the most of the intensification of diplomatic efforts by the new US administration to end the Russian-Ukrainian war and the bilateral meeting of the US and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia on 18 February 2025 in subversive information and psychological campaigns.
The GUR said
We have evidence that these figures are being discussed between America and Russia
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That's not who you are, it's not your trademark, it's not in your interest,
Macron said as he answered questions from the French public on social mediaRussia's highly censored state television has, over the past two years, consistently promoted the rape of Ukrainians, the drowning of children, the levelling of cities, the eradication of the Ukrainian elite, and the physical extermination of millions of Ukrainians.
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We absolutely agree with the American administration.
The Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov gloated yesterdayThe British Army is suffering from the cumulative effects of 40 years of decline,
Drummond said
My sense is we can cope, but it is in dire need of investment for the modern battlefield,
the lawmaker told CNNWe do not want to fracture our relationship with America,
British defense analyst Nicholas Drummond told CNNThe way in which this was delivered – blow after blow after blow, within days – that was a real shock” for the continent
said Armida van Rij, a senior research fellow and head of the Europe Programme at London-based think tank Chatham HouseIt will be very difficult for the military in our current situation,
admitted an MP from the governing Labour party, who has pushed the government to go beyond its planned hike to military spending, which stands at 2.3% of GDP but is set to rise to 2.5% in the coming yearsEuropean heads of government should have been getting together … to figure out what the European plan was going to be. But that hasn’t really happened.”
From the moment of Trump’s election victory, van Rij saidBiden got a lot of kit in before the inauguration. Kit is still going in
one saidEurope can no longer fully rely on the United States to defend our shared values and interests.”
The leaders of the center-right European People’s Party, the Socialists and Democrats, the liberal Renew Europe and the Greens declaredWe were not fully satisfied with the wording of the assessment of the United States in the text … Now is the time for calm, measured dialogue and a focus on pragmatic solutions.”
A spokesperson for the European Conservatives and Reformists group, which includes Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, explained why it didn’t sign the joint statementWe now have an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,
another European diplomat observed in recent days, declining to be identified discussing sensitive matters