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It's not that we don't care about Ukraine, but Ukraine is on another continent. It doesn't directly impact the daily lives of Americans,
Rubio said
The President of the United States spoke to Zelensky right after hanging up with Putin. I was in the office for both calls. So to say we haven't consulted with them is simply not true,
Rubio saidWe want to be in a joint venture with Ukraine—not because we're trying to take advantage of them, but because we believe it's actually a security guarantee,
Rubio saidThere should be some level of gratitude here,
Rubio saidI don’t think he’s very important to be in meetings,
Trump told Fox News
After three years of full-scale war, Ukrainians are tired, nervous and often quarrel with each other. But I feel that now everyone will unite again. This always happens when Ukrainians feel an existential threat.”
Prominent Ukrainian journalist Kristina Berdynskykh saidYou can’t be weak with [Vladimir] Putin.”
In an address to France, Macron said he would tell TrumpWe sent another one yesterday,
one Kyiv source told the AFP news agency,
A day of intense international work. My meeting with General Kellogg was one that restores hope, and we need strong agreements with the U.S.—agreements that will truly work. I have instructed my team to work quickly and very sensibly
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on X (formerly Twitter
There needs to be a deep appreciation for what the American people and the American taxpayer, what President Trump did in his first term and what we've done since,
Mike Waltz, White House national security adviser, on a press conference ... Waltz saidWhen Zelenskyy said, oh, he wasn’t invited to a meeting, I mean, it wasn’t a priority because he did such a bad job in negotiating so far,
the US president said
But Russia could have been talked out of that so easily,
he addedEvery time I say, ‘Oh it’s not Russia’s fault,’ I always get slammed by the fake news, but I’m telling you, Biden said the wrong things, Zelenskyy said the wrong things, they got attacked by somebody that’s much bigger and much stronger,
Trump saidI have instructed my team to work quickly and very sensibly,
wrote Zelensky in his own comments
There should be some level of gratitude here about this, and when you don't see it and you see [Zelensky] out there accusing the president of living in a world of disinformation, that's highly, very counterproductive,
he said
I think President Trump is very upset at President Zelensky and in some cases, rightfully so,
Rubio said, claimingAnd I also think it's silly to say, well, the Ukrainians are going be cut out or the Europeans are going to be cut out. You can't... find a stop to a war unless both sides and their views are represented,
he said in Thursday's interviewIt is not the Latvian style of diplomacy to be horrified and tear our hair out. Real work is being done,
the minister saidEverything is determined by our actions and our words,
Braže stressedThe president is committed to ending this conflict very quickly,
he told Bloomberg