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It is clear that any deal on Ukraine that doesn’t involve Europe will fail,
EU policy chief Kaja Kallas told Fox News Digital from South Africa Europeans need to help by being in the background of those negotiations, saying, If this doesn't work, we're going to take further action that you're not going to like. Now, that's a very uncomfortable thing for Europeans to do, but it's very necessary.”
If Crimea remains in Russian hands, Russia will use it to dominate the Black Sea aggressively and to attack Ukraine again,
No, I will not protect you, in fact I would encourage [the Russians] to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay,
One of the presidents of a big [NATO] country stood up, said, if we don’t pay and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?”
he told students at Coastal Carolina University in February last year If the people making those speeches were women, they would have been called all sorts of bad names,
Europe will almost certainly be stuck with the bill for Ukraine’s reconstruction, and may also be stuck with the bill for prosecuting the war, ie $70-100bn a year,
said the Romanian analyst The world we are living in does not respect weakness, weak countries… I’m not sure this world still respects international law,
said a second parliamentarian China’s plan was to divide the American alliance and to cause the Americans to pull away from their networks,
said a Finnish China expert Is the United States still seen as a reliable partner?”
asked another parliamentarian from Kyiv If the US continues to say what Vance said at Munich, they are facing a disaster,
said a Ukrainian former cabinet member Europe is waking from a warm bath,
No one knows if NATO will be present if things actually happen,
said one Ukrainian parliamentarian whose husband was fighting on the front lines It’s about creating a coherent threat perception across society, about having all reservists and military industry ready and on board, attending exercises, etc,
I have been in Mariupol in 2022 and have experienced torture,
said a Ukrainian woman who has served on the front lines In 1985, West Germany had 600,000 troops, France 200,000. The Soviet Union was deterred by Germany and France. The US only provided a nuclear umbrella. After the Cold War this changed, and it was a mistake,
No, Putin is a war criminal
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker told CNN when asked whether Putin can be trusted during negotiations I think he wants to stop the fighting.
He told reporters on Sunday You have leadership now that's allowed a war to go on that should have never even happened, even without the United States,
Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida Tuesday – We have zero intelligence that Putin is interested in a real peace deal right now.
A congressional official backed Wicker's comments, telling NBC
