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Ukraine will never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement.”
It's obvious that there are those (in the Ukrainian government) who will continue to oppose any attempts to launch a negotiation process, and it's obvious that those people will do everything to try to derail this process,
God bless, we will stop this crazy guy."
The Ukrainian leader added This is really what he wants. He wants pause, prepare, train, take off some sanctions, because of ceasefire,
We must act as Europe, not as some separate people,
Does America need Europe? As a market, yes, as an ally -- I don't know."
He questioned the U.S. commitment to Europe, saying If not NATO membership, then conditions to build another NATO in Ukraine,
I really believe that the time has come that the armed forces of Europe must be created,
Zelenskyy said in a speech at the Munich Security Conference This is not just madness, this is Russia’s stance,
Oil prices are still high enough for him to ignore the world,
This is not a country that wants peace,
We must build the armed forces of Europe, so that Europe's future depends only on Europeans,
Zelenskyy told the Munich Security Conference in Germany Putin clearly sees Belarus as just another Russian province now,
Yes, I think this can be."
Asked in the interview if he believed that Ukraine would be vulnerable in another few years if a cease-fire were reached, Zelenskyy said Probably it will be very, very, very difficult. And of course, in all the difficult situations you have a chance. But we will have low chance – low chance to survive without support of the United States,
Zelenskyy said in an interview with NBC News We want peace very much but we need real security guarantees,
he said after the meeting We want to achieve a durable lasting peace, not the kind of peace that’s going to have Eastern Europe in conflict just a couple years down the road,
It will be very, very, very difficult,
he said in the interview with Kristen Welker scheduled to air Sunday If this [Ukraine-Russia] war ends the wrong way, he [Putin] will have a surplus of battle-tested soldiers who know nothing but killing and looting,
Mr Zelenskiy said, citing intelligence reports saying The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia. It's not China. It's not any other external actor,
Vance said in a speech that drew a tepid response