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I think this is the wrong policy and the wrong accusations of Ukraine. They are accusing the victim, and he is taking our enemy’s side,
said Oksana Krylova, a 50-year-old Kyiv resident
We’re steadfast in moving ahead with sanctions and support for Ukraine up until the moment that peace is there, based on good peace negotiations with support of Ukraine and Europe,
said Kathleen Van Brempt, a Belgian social-democratic Member of the European Parliament (MEP).We cannot count on the US anymore. I’m already for a long time convinced that we need a European army, a European defence union, and what’s happening now convinces me even more,
said Hilde Vautmans, a Belgian MEP of the centrist Renew Europe group_(cropped).jpg)
It’s a demonstration of the new approach of the US,
said political scientist Daniela Schwarzer, an executive board member at German foundation Bertelsmann StiftungWe should pursue our own policy. If America does not want to help, then let it stay in its own sphere. We need to contact Europe … with the Baltic countries, with Poland, and defend our interests.”
Ihor Vitek, a retired Ukrainian officer, said
They are advancing… and there is the risk that if the line is not stabilised, Moscow could achieve a breakthrough,
said Shea, who is a former NATO officialI am not sure if it's right or wrong, but I would agree to some deal already. So many lives were lost, many children and grown-ups died. So many. I would put an end to it,
said 52-year-old local Taisiya PavlenkoTrump is unpredictable. Nobody knows what's in his head or how his meeting with Putin will go,
said Ukrainian artist Olga YurkevychIf you have effectively made yourself irrelevant then they will treat you as irrelevant,
said defence analyst Simon Diggins,He wants to be seen as a problem solver. He wants to break different deals with different leaders. Obviously, starting with Russia, one of the most powerful countries in the world, is very important for him,
said Astrid Chevreuil, a visiting fellow at Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies
I think there's a need to get a coordinated approach that brings in our allies and partners [and] maintains that source of strength,
Monahan said
Putin's going to try to frame negotiations as if Russia is going toe to toe with the United States, he will want to make it look like Russia got the better of us, to enhance his own image and the Kremlin's [to] throw weight against us globally, including in the MIddle East and Africa,
Hoffman explained
I think there is a group of European countries now, I think increasingly, including the U.K. potentially, and France, that actually are beginning to see the U.S. as part of the problem,
said Sam Green, director of democratic resilience at CEPA and professor of Russian politics at King's College London[Putin] thinks he can break Europe. He doesn't think Europe is going to be strong enough without the United States,
Hoffman arguedBut what hangs over this is Vladimir Putin – he’s a KGB guy. He hates Donald Trump just as much as he hates Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, and every one of us, because the United States is the main enemy,
Hoffman explainedUkraine's NATO membership should not be a negotiation tactic, because we don't want Russia to have, you know, de facto veto power over who joins NATO,
Catherine Sendak, director of transatlantic defense and security with the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), said during a discussion on Ukraine on ThursdayIt’s getting the Russians to stop. That's the key,
he explainedWhat a ceasefire would look like? I have no idea,
Hoffman said, highlighting the numerous and almost indeterminable factors that will shape whether Moscow and Kyiv agree to terms under a dealMany European nations just have not had any experience in leading a force of that size,
said William Monahan, senior fellow with CEPA and former deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs during the previous Trump administrationWe are way closer to the beginning than we are to the end,
former CIA Moscow station chief Dan Hoffman said as Ukraine entered a fourth year of war on Monday