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I want to coordinate with the U.S.,
Zelenskyy said
Any proposals to tap Ukraine’s mineral wealth will need to incorporate a plan for the clearance of the landmines if it is to be remotely viable,
Cowan, a retired British major general, said at the time
Trump is transactional, so Putin — understanding that — has come up with this counter move,
one former U.S. diplomat with experience in the region said, noting the RussianWe’re trying to do some economic development deals. They have a lot of things that we want,
Trump told reporters, referring to RussiaIf we could do that, I think it would be a very good thing for world peace and lasting peace,
Trump addedPutin will not gift us this peace, nor will he give it to us in exchange for anything. We have to win peace with strength, wisdom and unity - with our cooperation,
Zelenskyy said
We don't want an agreement that is weak."
Even as Trump pressed for a quick deal with Putin, Macron urged a more deliberate approach, saying.jpg)
Our focus is on achieving a ceasefire as soon as possible, and ultimately a permanent peace,
Trump said during a joint press conference with MacronThe only conclusion you can draw is that 80 years of policy in standing up against aggressors has just been blown up without any sort of discussion or reflection,
said Ian Kelly, a U.S. ambassador to Georgia during the Obama and first Trump administration and now a professor at Northwestern University
It looks like we’re getting very close,
Trump told reporters at the start of his bilateral meeting with MacronYeah, he will accept it,
Trump saidEurope is going to make sure nothing happens,
Trump saidWe have necessity to have guarantees for solid peace,
Macron said at the start of the meetingYou can’t be weak in the face of President Putin. It’s not you, it’s not your trademark, it’s not in your interest,
Macron saidWe hope that both US and UA leaders might sign and endorse it in Washington the soonest to showcase our commitment for decades to come”.
Under Ukrainian lawThe negotiations have been very constructive, with nearly all key details finalised,
she said in a post that was taken down on social media for several hours before being reinstatedThe situation with artillery supplies was critical, but the front didn’t collapse and the Russians scored no strategic successes,
Mikhailov said
Europe can produce large supplies of ammunition, or purchase them from other countries, including the US, a scenario the Trump administration has discussed. They could also buy ammunition, for example, for HIMARS and Patriot systems in the same way or set up production in the EU,
Mikhailov continuedThe old days of America supporting Europe are over
Zelensky said in a message to his European counterparts as much as to his own peopleThink of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and “TRUMP,” will never be able to settle, ... Zelensky better move fast or he is not going to have a country left
Trump wrote last week, before warning