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We do really welcome such strong messages from President Trump and we believe that he will be the winner. And we believe that we have an additional chance to get a new dynamic in diplomatic efforts to end this war,
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said during a discussion Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Reuters reported All of that being said, I'm going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE,
We do not see any particular new elements here,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian media Thursday Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States,
Trump said on his Truth Social platform Russia is ready for an equal and careful dialogue with the United States, which we had during Trump’s first term,
Peskov said ... according to Russian independent media outlet Meduza We can do it the easy way, or the hard way — and the easy way is always better,
But Russia already prevented from selling anything in U.S. So this threat of 'Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions' seems empty. If Trump wants to put pressure on Putin, he needs to ramp up support for Ukraine. Otherwise it's just weak rhetoric from Trump which Putin will ignore."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Bill Kristol, the director of Defending Democracy Together, wrote It's not merely the question of ending the war. It's first and foremost the question of addressing root causes of Ukrainian crisis."
In response, Polyanskiy told Reuters
