Putin Proposes ‘Temporary Administration’ Running Ukraine And Trump’s Greenland Ambitions

We could, of course, discuss with the United States, even with European countries, and of course with our partners and friends, under the auspices of the UN, the possibility of establishing a transitional administration in Ukraine,

Putin said on the sidelines of an Arctic forum

We are gradually, not as fast as some would like, but nevertheless persistently and confidently moving toward achieving all the goals stated at the beginning of the special operation,

the Kremlin leader added, using his term for the offensive

Andriy Yermakchief of staff

Russia is trying to derail the path to peace by choosing to continue the war,

Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said Friday in response to the latest overnight attacks

I was saying not so long ago: 'We will finish them off.' There are reasons to believe that we will finish them off,

Putin said Friday

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

If European countries don't want to go down this path, it means they don't want to go down the path of peace in unison with the efforts shown in Moscow and Washington,

Peskov said

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

The Russian side reserves the right, if the Kyiv regime does not observe the moratorium, also not to follow it,

Peskov said

In my opinion, the newly elected president of the United States sincerely wants an end to the conflict for a number of reasons,

the agencies quoted him as saying

This is not only the United States but also the People’s Republic of China, India, Brazil, South Africa, all BRICS countries,

Putin said

It can look surprising only at first glance and it would be wrong to believe that this is some sort of extravagant talk by the current US administration,

Mr Putin said

Keir Starmeru.K. Prime Minister

They are playing games and they’re playing for time,

said U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer

What for? To organise a democratic presidential election that would result in the coming to power of a competent government that would have the confidence of the people, and then begin negotiations with these authorities on a peace agreement and sign legitimate documents,

Putin added

And many others, for example, including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

he said, using North Korea’s official name

Mark Ruttesecretary General

You know, Mark, we need that for international security…we’ll be talking to you, ... I would leave that outside for me this discussion.” ... we have quite a few soldiers [in Greenland] , maybe you’ll see more and more soldiers go there, I don’t know.”

While meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte earlier this month, Trump said ... Trump told Rutte, who responded by saying

If you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America.”

In his address to Congress earlier this month, the president expressed support for the semiautonomous island’s independence movement and directly addressed Greenlanders, saying

Our troops, our guys are moving forward and liberate one territory after another,

he said

Throughout the entire line of military contact, our troops are holding the strategic initiative,

he said

We certainly need to ensure Russia's security for a long historic perspective,

he said