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I look forward to seeing him tomorrow. I believe I will be able to make a deal between President Putin and President Zelensky, quite quickly."
Trump said in a news conference Thursday Europe is paying only a small fraction of the money the United States of America is paying, and we have an ocean between Russia and ourselves; they don’t,
said Trump, repeating a point he has made before, including during his election debate with Democrat Kamala Harris We’ll see what happens … let’s get peace; we need peace.”
Asked if this would include Ukraine ceding land to Russia, he replied Putin never, ever even thought about going in, and it was the apple of his eye,
Trump said, referencing the 2022 invasion, which came after Russia invaded the Donbas region in 2014. The idea that the world should end this war at Ukraine’s expense is unacceptable.
Zelensky in an interview with the New Yorker called Vance 'too radical' and said I always speak with great respect about everything connected to you.
It defends his view in a 'just peace' and says Russia will not prevail. Ukraine will prevail, and we'll continue to stand by you every step of the way,
Biden said as he hosted Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, after thanking him for presenting the so-called victory plan I'm not expecting there to be any new announcements on this particular action or a decision coming out of this meeting,
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Right now, we have to strengthen Ukraine's position on the battlefield. And that’s why today I am proud to announce a new US$2.4 billion package of security assistance… Second, we look ahead to help Ukraine succeed in the long term,
I’m unimpressed. There’s not much new there,
a senior official told the the Wall Street Journal We will use this assistance in the most effective and transparent way possible to achieve our main common goal: a victorious Ukraine, a just and lasting peace, and transatlantic security.”
Zelenskyy said in a social media post At the end of the year, regardless of who wins our election in December, as at the end of this fighting season, Zelensky and Putin need to look at the battlefield and say, here’s what we think next year will look like,
There is no announcement that I would expect [on that],
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters before the meeting I am grateful to Joe Biden, [the] US Congress and both parties, Republicans and Democrats, as well as the entire American people for today’s announcement of major US defence assistance for Ukraine, totalling $7.9bn and sanctions against Russia,
The conditions for Russia's transition to the use of nuclear weapons are also clearly fixed,
Putin said, ... according to a Reuters translation of his comments But there is more work to do,
Ukraine is gone, it’s not Ukraine anymore. You can never replace those cities and towns and you can never replace the dead people, so many dead people,
the Republican candidate said They’re [the Democrats] not going to be satisfied until they send American kids to Ukraine, and that’s what they’re trying to do,
It's totally irresponsible, and I think many in the world have spoken clearly about that when he's been rattling the nuclear saber, including China in the past,
We are witnessing how Russia is rapidly ramping up its weapons production and dramatically building up its armed forces. All of this leaves no doubt: For Putin's Russia, Ukraine is only the beginning,