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Money alone will not stop an enemy assault. It is not just about budgets, it is about people realising they need to defend their own home.”
Decades of the old relationship between Europe and America are ending,
Zelensky said in an address Saturday at the Munich Security Conference We believe that, as a result of the acceleration on the Ukrainian issue, and also as a result of what American leaders are saying, there is a need for Europeans to do more, better and in a coherent manner for our collective security,
the official told reporters These initiatives are an opportunity in the sense that they can help speed up the end of the war in Ukraine, but obviously we still need to agree and see under what conditions the end of the war can be achieved,
Everybody should be able to take part in the conversation,
We can't rule out the possibility that America might say no to Europe on issues that threaten it,
And to my European friends, I would say, get into the debate, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas, ramp up (defense) spending,
the NATO secretary-general said at the conference If Trump is negotiating with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin about Europe, then it is impossible to talk about Europe without us,
The U.K. will work to ensure we keep the U.S. and Europe together. We cannot allow any divisions in the alliance to distract from the external enemies we face,
Starmer said, ... according to the Guardian report What we don't want to do is get into a large group discussion,
We feel like Ukraine has to be at the table, and Europe does, too,
This is about Russia, but this is also about Europe,
The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China. It's not any other external actor,
You got to give us a bit of breathing space and time, but when I say that, I’m not talking six months,
One way or another, of course, Ukraine will participate in the negotiations, ... There will be a bilateral Russian-American track of this dialogue, and a track that will be related to Ukraine's involvement."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state-controlled TV on Thursday, per Reuters ... adding, We know for sure that he is preparing steps on the territory of Belarus this year. It can happen in summer, maybe in the beginning, maybe in the end of summer. I don't know when he prepares it, but it will happen."
Zelensky told Welker in Ukrainian No, we have intelligence, we have documents that they are preparing trained mission of a big number of soldiers on the territory of Belarus. We are just sharing that there is a high risk that he can do the same, maybe not, god bless not, and maybe before it, President Trump and the allies will stop him."
The Ukrainian president responded in English You have actual intelligence that President Putin is planning to attack NATO countries?"
I will believe that the United States will not take its forces, its contingents from Europe, because that will severely weaken NATO on the European continent. Putin definitely counts on that,
the Ukrainian president added As we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia/Ukraine...We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other's Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately."
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier this week following his phone call with Putin
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