I think we are making progress, step by step."
To carry out the conscription for military service of Russian citizens aged 18 to 30 who are not in the reserve and subject to conscription for military service, in the amount of 160,000 people, from April 1 to July 15, 2025,
A meeting of the British, French and Ukrainian military leadership in the coming days would drive forward the next stage of detailed planning,
We advocate eradicating the causes of the crisis through dialogue and negotiations, ultimately achieving a fair, long-term, binding peace agreement acceptable to all parties involved, which would make it possible to achieve truly lasting peace and stability in Eurasia and throughout the world,
I want to make sure that he follows through,
I want to see him [Putin] make a deal, so that we stop Russian soldiers and Ukrainian soldiers and other people from being killed."
The president is working incredibly hard to get a peace deal done between Russia and Ukraine. He has expressed his displeasure with comments that have been made by leaders of both sides of this conflict."
We were talking a lot about the ceasefire and the frustrations he had that Russia was not committing to it,
If we’re in the midst of a negotiation, you could say that I was very angry, pissed off, when Putin said yesterday [...] when Putin started getting into Zelensky’s credibility because that’s not going in the right location, you understand?”
He wants to be a member of NATO. Well, he was never going to be a member of NATO. He understands that. So if he’s looking to renegotiate the deal, he’s got big problems,
Along the entire front line, our forces have the strategic initiative,
For several weeks now, there has been a U.S. proposal for an unconditional ceasefire. And almost every day, in response to this proposal, there are Russian drones, bombs, artillery shelling, and ballistic strikes,
This process is time-consuming, probably due to the fact of the complexity of the substance. The president remains open to contact with President Trump,
We always believe that dialogue and negotiation are the only viable solution to the Ukraine crisis. Cooperation between China and Russia does not target any third party and will not be affected by any factor from any third party,
He wants to be a member of NATO,
Additionally, we are engaged in efforts to implement certain ideas related to the resolution of the Ukraine situation,
I think we need a colossal amount of sanctions on 20 April if the Russians don't abide by the ceasefire,
There was a combination of impatience and a tad of frustration,
If there was a pendulum of trust and distrust, certainly Russian activity in the past few weeks has proven that we're moving more towards the distrust side of things."
You never underestimate the capacity of Russians to live through discomfort. I mean that's what the Soviet Union was really about. But at the same time, there has to be a wall at some stage. And I think that wall is approaching."