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The Russian president supported one of the main theses of the US president that the time has come for our two countries to work together,
I believe this nation views Putin and Russia as a great competitor in the region. At times, an adversary."
Asked about Trump's views on Russia and Putin, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said We're asking for security on our money, ... They've agreed to it."
Trump said, noting of Ukraine I don't think it's practical to have it, personally,
Trump said later about NATO membership for Ukraine I am grateful to President Trump,
At times, he enjoys having good diplomatic relationships with leaders around the world."
But she also noted of Trump The president of the United States called the president of Russia. That alone is already a major success
said Shakhnazarov, according to Davis In this situation, we should make it clear for the Europeans — now we can really strike Brussels, London, or Paris because we can forget about Article 5. You can forget the notion that Americans would step in on your behalf.”
Sergey Mikheyev, a political scientist, said What does it all mean? Ukraine is left without NATO? Ukraine is left without money?”
Skabeeva asked the network’s Europe correspondent Mikhail Antonov It truly looks as if they want to surrender Ukraine, because I don't see any benefits for our country from these negotiations or Trump's rhetoric."
Myroslava Lesko, 23, standing near a sea of flags in downtown Kyiv honoring fallen troops, said The difference between Biden and Trump is that Trump says out loud what Biden was thinking and doing about Ukraine,
All our allies have said the path of Ukraine towards NATO is irreversible,
I believe that he would like to see something happen. I trust him on this subject."
Asked whether he trusts Putin, he said We, as a sovereign country, simply will not be able to accept any agreements without us,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Why are we giving them (Russia) everything that they want even before the negotiations have been started?"
Any quick fix is a dirty deal,
European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said They (Rubio and Sybiha) discussed the need for bold diplomacy to end the war in a negotiated manner leading to a sustainable peace,
the State Department said in a statement, ... adding that The lesson should be - you can't act like Russia acts because if you can, that would be a disaster for everybody.”
The West wants peace. Ukraine wants peace. Putin wants peace. The Russian people want peace. But their ideas of what a peace looks like are very, very, very different,
Great talks with Russia and Ukraine. Good possibility of ending that horrible, very bloody war,
US President Donald Trump announced, commenting on Wednesday's phone calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
