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There’s an agreement being made behind our backs that simply will not work,
said Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief
The stock we currently have, in terms of ammunition, is enough to last two or three weeks, maybe a month,
he told The Associated Press, asking that his name not be used because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media
We know the crown prince, I think it would be a very good place to meet,
Trump added
No, I haven't committed to going to Ukraine,
he answered when asked if he'd make the voyage to KyivProbably we'll have a first meeting and then we'll see what we can do about the second meeting,
he answeredThey've been saying that for years, that Ukraine cannot go into NATO, and I'm OK with that,
Trump saidWould Trump agree to such a framework? If he did, it would amount to a betrayal of Ukraine, and would leave the country defenseless against future aggression,
he added
I warned many times that Trump will favor Russia in negotiations between Zelensky and Putin… The harm to U.S. security interests will extend well beyond Central Europe, as our adversaries in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific can plainly see,
Bolton saidPutin would likely agree only to meaningless guarantees — ones that could not be effectively invoked if Russia were to launch another attack,
Sergey Radchenko, a Russia expert and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, wrote in an op-ed for The Moscow TimesPresident Putin wants to have peace now, and that's good. And he didn't want to have peace with Biden,
Mr Trump told reporters
For Putin, a real solution means a Ukraine that is ‘friendly’ to Russia – deprived of military capability, which has a rewritten constitution and guarantees non-membership in Nato,
Stanovaya added
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Trump will ‘allow’ Russia to take what it has conquered – but no more, of course. Meanwhile, he’ll offer Ukraine some guarantees,
said the prominent Russian ultranationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin on his Telegram channel
The promise to exchange visits is a victory for Putin. Any dictatorship sees a visit from the US president as the highest form of international legitimacy, almost a magical ritual that lifts a diplomatic curse,
said Alexander Baunov, a political analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace thinktankHe’ll plant himself right in the middle of our Ukraine. Let me remind you, all of Ukraine is ours. All of Ukraine is Russian land,
Prilepin addedWe wanted to chainsaw the western world into pieces, but he decided to cut through it himself,
Popov cheered
Zelenskyy had repeatedly urged Trump to speak with him first before engaging with Putin. Instead, Trump did the exact opposite,
gloated Sergei Markov, a popular Russian commentatorAt times, many in the elites questioned whether it was wise for Putin to start the war or not settle for peace earlier,
said a well-connected businessman in MoscowInvestors dreamed about this scenario but did not really believe it was possible,
the Cifa Broker chief analyst, Ovanes Oganisyan, told the business newspaper Kommersant.jpg)
Frigid spinster Europe is mad with jealousy and rage,
said Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former presidentHis next move is to secure a closed-door meeting with Trump, where he can further press his case,
the source added,