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Ultimately, as the Japanese prime minister said, if we walk away from Ukraine in Europe, the question about America's commitment to our allies in Asia will grow,
Sullivan said
I'm not here to put forward a specific legislative proposal. President Biden will make the case that we do need ongoing resources for Ukraine beyond the end of his term,
Sullivan said
President Biden will have the opportunity over the next 70 days to make the case to the Congress and to the incoming administration that the United States should not walk away from Ukraine, that walking away from Ukraine means more instability in Europe,
Sullivan told CBS News' Face the Nation showThe American people want sovereignty protected here in America before we spend our funds and resources protecting the sovereignty of another nation,
Hagerty saidWe do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders,
Trump communication’s director, Steven Cheung, said in a statementReports that the Ukrainian side was informed in advance of the alleged call are false. Subsequently, Ukraine could not have endorsed or opposed the call,
foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told Reuters
The president will have the chance to explain to President Trump how he sees things, where they stand, and talk to President Trump about how President Trump is thinking about taking on these issues when he takes office,
he said
What it probably looks like is the current line of demarcation between Russia and Ukraine, that becomes like a demilitarised zone,
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I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach in global affairs. This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer.”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a message congratulating Trump on his election victory, wroteWe rely on continued strong bipartisan support for Ukraine in the United States.”
He addedUkraine retains its independent sovereignty, Russia gets the guarantee of neutrality from Ukraine – it doesn’t join NATO, it doesn’t join some of these allied institutions. That is what the deal is ultimately going to look something like,
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At some point, Trump has to present a plan to Putin and we will see if Putin wants to stick to it. From that moment there is a new reality,
Goncharenko said
I think Ukrainians have already learned the lesson that we have to count on ourselves”
Maria Avdeeva, a Kyiv-based fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute thinktank, said ... a refrain that crops up repeatedly in conversationI don’t think that Trump’s victory is a catastrophe. Ukraine is now his business and if negotiations lead to a disaster it will be his, like Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. This is a person who loves to win.”
Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian opposition MP, saidThe situation remains challenging and shows signs of escalation. The enemy, leveraging its numerical advantage, is continuing offensive actions and is focusing its main efforts on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions.”
Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s most senior military commander, said on SaturdayTrump during his election talked about how he perceives everything through deals, that he can make a deal that can lead to peace,
he said, though he added campaign trail statements were not always borne outHe turned out to be a courageous person. People show who they are in extraordinary circumstances. This is where a person reveals himself. And he showed himself, in my opinion, in a very correct manner, courageously. Like a man.”
The Russian president congratulated Trump on his victory and saidThe aid package must enable Ukrainians to survive the winter, push Putin’s forces back, and give President-elect Trump the flexibility he needs to act from a position of strength,
Razom said
I want the war to stop,
Trump, now president-elect, repliedI believe that President Trump really wants a quick decision" to end the war
Zelensky told reporters in Budapest