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The old days are over — when America supported Europe just because it always had,
We have to end this in a way … that Putin will not capture one square mile or one square kilometer of Ukraine, ... I don’t think it will be a bad deal.”
I think our problem in Europe quite often is that, you know, we talk a lot and we do a little. Right now the ball is in our court,
I don’t know where this came from, or what they expect to be the outcome of these talks where we are not invited.”
One Ukrainian official at the conference expressed exasperation at the news, saying I don’t care if [Trump] meets Putin in Cleveland. I don’t care if they talk. I don’t care if they go on vacation. It doesn’t matter to me what you do as long as you get it right,
said Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina and a close Trump ally I saw that someone said that there would be a meeting in Saudi Arabia. I do not know what it is,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday Well, this is not a serious conversation, it seems to me.”
On the prospect of talks without Ukraine at the table, he said Only in the perverse world of Trump diplomacy is the larger invading country given more respect than the country that was invaded — and that the country responsible for horrific war crimes was given the best chance for peace,
said Mike Quigley, a Democrat from Illinois and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Would I prefer the United States not to be speaking directly with Russia and certainly having Ukraine and Europe involved? Yes, I would prefer that,
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said during an interview at the POLITICO Pub Everyone who met with Kellogg here looks like he’s collecting information and not giving it,
said Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker There is nothing on the negotiating table that would be worth discussing,
We can't rule out the possibility that America might say no to Europe on issues that threaten it,
If Europeans want to have a say, make yourself relevant,
Rutte told journalists at a gathering of top policymakers In my opinion, it does not protect us... our interests,
Zelensky told journalists Ukraine will never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement,
Zelensky said in a speech It’s not in our interest today, not in the interest of sovereign Ukraine.”
Upon being asked by reporters what the issue was with the US document, Zelenskyy said on Saturday We will also not accept any solution that leads to a decoupling of European and American security. Only one person would benefit from this: President Putin,
To my European friends, I would say: ‘Get into the debate, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas, ramp up [defence] spending’
Kellogg said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday There’s no way in which we can have discussions or negotiations about Ukraine, Ukraine’s future or European security structure, without Europeans,
Stubb told reporters in Munich The two sides expressed their mutual willingness to interact on pressing international issues, including the settlement around Ukraine,
the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement
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