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We know him, and this is the issue. So it's not about telling him how good Ukraine is and how it deserves his support. It doesn't make sense, because that's not how he thinks,
[Putin] wants to avoid upsetting Donald Trump. That's his strategy. He does not want a deal. He does not want a strip of Ukrainian land. He does not want Ukrainian NATO. He wants no Ukraine. He wants Ukraine not to exist. And there should be no illusions about that,
I affirmed Ukraine's willingness to achieve peace through strength and our vision for the necessary steps,
Sybiha said on social media platform X, I don't think he cares. Okay, let me put it even simpler. I believe he doesn't care. I believe he does not care about any single country in the world except the United States,
he told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick Thursday They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal,
Waltz told Fox News, referring to a critical minerals deal in which Trump proposed to Ukraine that You can already see very different tones and approaches on both sides. And the fact that the United States delegation seems so excited is a bit weird. I think they need to slow down, because they have to understand the side they're working with,
I have no doubt it would not have happened under President Trump,
His goal is to bring this war to an end, period,
Waltz said of Trump, when asked by reporters at a White House press briefing to say which nation was responsible for starting the war Strong Ukraine-U.S. relations benefit the entire world,
If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe,
I think it is going to happen. There are most of the components for it to happen,
Budanov said in a YouTube interview with journalist Eynulla Fatullayev How long it will be, how effective it will be - is another question,
No, I will not protect you, in fact I would encourage [the Russians] to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay,
If the people making those speeches were women, they would have been called all sorts of bad names,
If Crimea remains in Russian hands, Russia will use it to dominate the Black Sea aggressively and to attack Ukraine again,
Europe will almost certainly be stuck with the bill for Ukraine’s reconstruction, and may also be stuck with the bill for prosecuting the war, ie $70-100bn a year,
said the Romanian analyst The world we are living in does not respect weakness, weak countries… I’m not sure this world still respects international law,
said a second parliamentarian Is the United States still seen as a reliable partner?”
asked another parliamentarian from Kyiv One of the presidents of a big [NATO] country stood up, said, if we don’t pay and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?”
he told students at Coastal Carolina University in February last year China’s plan was to divide the American alliance and to cause the Americans to pull away from their networks,
said a Finnish China expert
