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I have instructed my team to work quickly and very sensibly,
wrote Zelensky in his own comments
Yeah, I would say that, you know, when they want a seat at the table, you could say, the people have to – wouldn’t the people of Ukraine have to say, like, you know, ‘It’s been a long time since we’ve had an election?’
Trump said
To call Zelensky a dictator is like calling Winston Churchill a dictator because the UK postponed elections until after the end of World War Two,
Fathali Moghaddam, a Georgetown University psychology professor who researches democracy and dictatorships, said in an email to PolitiFactTrump would be correct to use the term dictator to describe Putin, who has used fake elections to remain in power for a quarter of a century,
Moghaddam saidNo matter what you add, however, the total doesn’t get close to $350bn,
Cancian said
The purpose of this operation is to protect people who for eight years now have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime,
Putin said in a televised addressToday I heard [from Ukraine], ‘Oh well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years. You should have ended it three years – you should have never started it. You could have made a deal,
Trump saidSince the US-Russia talks in Riyadh, we have seen that the main item on the agenda is to ensure peace within Ukraine,
Ertem said
As long as it is not clear what plan will be presented, it is not possible to make a solid commitment of support,
Ceylan saidIt's not enough to say: 'I'm sending troops!' This must be determined either through multilateral negotiations, in which Europe and Turkey are also involved, or through the UN Security Council,
Ceylan saidIf anyone thinks they can stay out of the situation, I think that's an illusion,
said Ceylan,If it is not NATO, who will be able to give us guarantees?,
Zelenskyy askedTurkey ― like the EU countries ― has felt left out since the US-Russian summit in Saudi Arabia,
she said,It is not the Latvian style of diplomacy to be horrified and tear our hair out. Real work is being done,
the minister said
Everything is determined by our actions and our words,
Braže stressedPresident Trump is obviously very frustrated right now with President Zelensky, the fact that he hasn't come to the table, that he hasn't been willing to take this opportunity that we have offered,
he said
Strong Ukraine-U.S. relations benefit the entire world,
he added
First when I heard this, I was like, oh, he must be mixing the two, because clearly Putin is the dictator,
EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas told reporters in JohannesburgUkraine is ready for a strong, effective investment and security agreement with the president of the United States."
He added
We presented the Ukrainians really an incredible, and a historic opportunity,
the adviser said