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Putin will demand the limitation of Ukraine's military potential, that no Western weapons or troops be stationed in Ukraine. He will aim to restrict Ukraine's path to joining the EU and NATO, and seek the amendment of the Ukraine's constitution to make Russian an official language, and try to impose federalization."
Looking ahead, the former foreign minister believes If he's willing to abandon Ukraine's right to territorial integrity and its right to independent foreign policy, what demands is he still able to make of Putin?"
I do not share the opinion that the US will negotiate with Russia without Ukraine,
said Volodymyr Fesenko, CEO of Penta, a center for political studies in Kyiv Who will participate in them? Will the carrot or the stick be used? No one can answer that today, because it depends on many factors that are known only to the ones negotiating. I won't speculate over whether Trump has abandoned any positions before the start of negotiations,
Not only must we sit at the negotiating table, we must also take on a proactive role, especially with regard to the Trump administration, and tell them what is possible and what is not,
Some European countries are making it clear that the Trump administration's position is not really acceptable,
Putin will try to pressure Trump on key issues at the meeting in Saudi Arabia, and force the US to put pressure on Zelenskyy. At present, though, the US still maintains the position that Ukraine has to be part of the negotiations. So it's too early to draw dire conclusions,
At such a difficult time for Ukraine, I wish the president would follow the example of our European partners, who issued a joint statement demanding Europe's participation in future negotiations,
It's as if Trump has been hypnotized by Putin,
commented Oleksiy Melnyk from the Razumkov Center, a public policy think tank in Kyiv That's why the press releases were coordinated,
Before even entering into negotiations, he played all the cards he should have saved so he could play them gradually, one by one. It makes you wonder which concessions he'll still be willing to make,
A proactive role must be backed by concrete measures and resources,
I'm interested primarily from the standpoint of death. We're losing all those soldiers and they're not American soldiers, they're Ukrainian and Russian soldiers, but you're probably talking about a million and a half I think,
The most reliable sources, BBC Russian Service and Mediazona, have recently verified 90,000 confirmed Russian fatalities. They estimate the actual number of Russian KIA (Killed in Action) to be between 138,500 and 200,000,
Our assessments further indicate there have been over 750,000 Russian casualties since the beginning of the full-scale invasion with the grim milestone of one million Russians dead and wounded likely to be reached within approximately six months."
In December 2024, the U.K. Minister for the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard MP, told the U.K. Parliament's House of Commons It is humiliating for us, for me, for Ukraine to see Trump praise Putin as a good man who wants peace,
says Father Alexey, a Ukrainian priest I'm a little bit shocked. I do not know if it is a game. But what he is saying I do not like,
said Ivan Kobrin, a 28-year-old IT worker How can we be sure that everything will be ok. I cannot imagine how the security measures will work,
He [Trump] says one thing one day and something completely different the next. There is nothing consistent about him,
says Tolik a rough hewn 70-something Grandfather who once served in the Soviet navy Most of them do not care at all how this war will end — with victory or defeat. And no one thinks about the consequences — ‘business as usual’,
