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It’s clear the EU is not the “thing” when it comes to defense
As Kristersson, the Swedish leader, said
It’s been a bit of a mess as we all know,
said Ulf Kristersson, the Swedish prime minister, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the summit in BrusselsWe hope there will be a deal,
Starmer saidWe believe that the Kyiv regime has already broken the ceasefire proposed by the U.S. president,
Zakharova said on television, according to TASS
Now is the time for President Trump to push the Russian regime to honor the complete ceasefire, just as the U.S. has demanded from Ukraine."
Yuriy Boyechko, founder of the humanitarian organization Hope for Ukraine
President Trump and President Putin spoke about the need for peace and a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Both leaders agreed this conflict needs to end with a lasting peace."
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State TV propagandists have surmised that a partial ceasefire was just Putin's way of throwing Trump a bone."
Russia watcher Julia DavisBut the deal depends on both sides. If one side is positive and the other is not ready, it will be complicated. But then, at least, the US administration will see who is the ‘bad guy’, who is making the deal impossible, and this is surely not Ukraine,
the Lithuanian president said
It's not a complete ceasefire, so people are still going to be fighting on the ground. It's just that the energy infrastructure is not going to be destroyed,
he told CNA’s Asia First
It's important that we're making progress towards a peace settlement, and it shows that the United States is going to be a pretty key player in shaping the form of the solution to this issue,
said Harold James, director of the contemporary European politics and society programme at Princeton UniversityPutin seems to want to delay any real ceasefire, any real peace talks because at the moment, the Russians, militarily, have the upper hand, but not by a huge way,
said LarresTrump seems to be impatient, and he doesn't seem to be a very patient negotiator who takes his time,
said Larres,I don't think it's implausible at all. We very often have plants in many countries that are operated by foreign countries,
said Princeton University’s JamesI hope that there is some recognition that the Feb 28 meeting was counterproductive,
he addedThere's no need for him to come to a quick peace deal, so why should he then not delay such talks?”
Larres addedA lot of the defence that is provided is not in the form of material assistance, but in the form of intelligence. So you really need to keep this in order to make the security of Ukraine in the future credible,
he addedBut of course, there are other means in which the Americans could be involved - by co-running the power plants, by being involved in the management of the power plants,
he saidIn Russia, it’s Ukraine who has the reputation for never complying with agreements, for what it’s worth,
said Sam Charap, a senior political scientist at Rand, a California think tank
Breaches of the ceasefire happened on both sides, often because of isolated incidents that escalated,
said Dumoulin, a former French diplomat who was involved in the drafting of the agreements
We signed [a] ceasefire” in 2019
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his contentious Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump in February