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The Sunday email said
So today, we're announcing the UK's largest packet of sanctions since the early days of the war, going after Russia's shadow fleet and going after companies in China and elsewhere who are sending military components
Speaking via video link to a conference of global leaders in Kyiv, the Prime Minister added
If we want peace to endure, Ukraine must have a seat at the table, and any settlement must be based on a sovereign Ukraine backed up with strong security guarantees
He went on
Keeping the Ukrainians in their fight and as strong as possible at any negotiating table is critical not only for them, but for the security of the UK
Defence Secretary John Healey saidPresident Zelensky was democratically elected, and I'm sure that the Prime Minister will have very good and constructive conversations with the president
He told Sky NewsMy message to Putin's friends in Moscow is simple: you are not welcome in the UK,
he saidI’ve been watching for years, and I’ve been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards. And you get sick of it,
Trump said on Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show” FridayWe came very, very close to signing something. And I think we will be using that framework as a guidepost to get a peace deal done between Ukraine and Russia,
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I would never have believed that I would have to say something like that on television. But at the very least, after Donald Trump’s statements last week, it is clear that the Americans — at least this part of the Americans in this administration — are largely indifferent to the fate of Europe,
Merz saidMy absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA,
Merz said at a televised roundtable after the exit polls also showed huge gains for the extreme-right AfD partyYou know, Macron’s a friend of mine, and I met with the prime minister, and you know, he’s a very nice guy, but nobody’s done anything,
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You know, they haven’t done anything,
he told KilmeadeThe president understands how to get deals done. Deals only work when they’re good for all the parties. And that’s the pathway that we’re on here.”
He addedWe need … to build a security plan for Europe at a time when public opinion isn’t ready. And you can’t do that and manage the withdrawal of some 100,000 American soldiers out of Europe. That is why we can’t break [with Trump],
the diplomat added
The president is one of the rare leaders who has real experience [with Trump] and who worked closely with Trump during his first mandate,
said a French presidential aide
The United States has thrown down the gauntlet, and the right response is to throw it back with a set of plans on how to respond, and [the Europeans] haven’t done it yet,
said Ivo Daalder, who was U.S. ambassador to NATO under President Barack Obama
It started in Munich [at the Munich Security Conference], the whole adventure of U.S. policy realignment. Then it was reinforced by information [that] different actors received in Riyadh [during U.S.-Russia talks] and what was actually discussed there,
Aaltola said in a phone interviewThis includes a European contribution of some 30,000 troops, with the U.K. and France taking the lead there,
the EU diplomat saidWe need to internalize that [Trump] can take radically hostile decisions if he’s offended,
said a European diplomat, who like others in this article was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic
Enough talking, it’s time to act!”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X last week, calling for bold action from Europeans, including using frozen Russian assets to finance aid to Ukraine and strengthening air defenses along EU borders with Russia