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Such a truce on air, sea and energy infrastructure would allow us to determine whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is acting in good faith when he commits to a truce,
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said of Macron’s proposal They would have been buoyed by the level of support expressed by European leaders in London yesterday, but they are also aware there are a whole lot of hurdles yet that need to be overcome before we see anything real and concrete in terms of stopping the fighting in Ukraine,
What happened at the White House on Friday, of course, demonstrated how difficult it will be to reach a settlement trajectory around Ukraine,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said What we need to hear from President Zelenskiy is that he has regret for what happened, he’s ready to sign this minerals deal and that he’s ready to engage in peace talks,
I’m aware of everything.”
Asked if he was aware of the plan raised by Macron, Zelenskyy said Anyone who wants to negotiate does not deliberately hit people with ballistic missiles,
It’s all key on whether the US will agree to security guarantees both around this plan that Europe has and with respect to the minerals deal as well,
I’m just not getting into a running commentary on the options,
We see that the collective West has partially begun to lose its collectivity, and a fragmentation of the collective West has begun,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Donald Trump has to choose if he wants to call himself a leader of the free world, or leader of an extortion gang. The latter is not interesting for Europe."
One senior official declared in the aftermath of the blow-up There are clearly a number of options on the table,
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesman said It was not a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelenskyy, but obviously a manufactured escalation,
We must now show that we are in a position to act independently in Europe,
In the near future, all of us in Europe will shape our common positions – the lines we must achieve and the lines we cannot compromise on. These positions will be presented to our partners in the United States.”
The Ukrainian president said on Telegram Never has the risk of a war in Europe, in the European Union been so high … The threat keeps getting closer to us, the frontline keeps getting closer to us.”
The French foreign minister continued There are various options on the table, subject to further discussions with the U.S. and European partners but a one-month truce has not been agreed."
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the person said We need peace, not endless war,
He doesn't want peace. Someone should make him want peace. If the Europeans do it, all kudos to them,
As the PM said in his press conference, we need and want to progress with momentum and are pleased today's summit has enabled discussions to move forward. Those discussions will continue at pace,
said a Downing Street spokesperson No agreement has been made on what a truce looks like,
U.K. armed forces minister Luke Pollard told Times Radio