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Make no mistake, Trump's and the Kremlin's messaging about the talks and the potential peace deal looks like a huge relief and discursive victory for Russia...from the Russian point of view, this is already a great PR victory."
Kirill Shamiev, policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told Newsweek By excluding the prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine and by shifting the burden of future European security on Europeans, U.S. officials already have deprived themselves of important levers they could have used in a future negotiation, to push Russia into concessions,
The parallels with 1938 could only be clearer if Trump had held up a note and said Mr Putin had assured him he had no further territorial ambitions in Europe,
Giles told Newsweek, referring to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler before World War Two As NATO expands to the east, with every passing year, the situation for our country is getting worse and more dangerous,
he said in a televised address, immediately before his forces launched their assault The anti-Russia project has been rejected by millions of Ukrainians. The people of Crimea and residents of Sevastopol made their historic choice,
Putin will have won this war from this point of view,
This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/Nato had simply acknowledged Russia's legitimate security concerns,
I don't pay attention to Russian propaganda."
Gabbard has rejected claims that she had The position of Brussels — to support killing as long as it takes — is morally and politically unacceptable,
There can’t be negotiations around Ukraine without Ukraine being at the heart of it,
It is clear that any deal behind our backs will not work. You need the Europeans, you need the Ukrainians,
the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, told journalists on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO ministers There is a big worry that Trump is a clumsy negotiator, he will cede crazy things to Russia,
the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters History has shown time and again that appeasement fails,
British lawmaker David Reed, who used to serve in the Royal Marines, told POLITICO in a statement I believe that's the reason the war started, because [predecessor President Joe] Biden went out and said that they could join NATO,
said Trump of Russia's February 2022 invasion I think he wants peace. I think he would tell me if he didn't,
I don't see any way that a country in Russia's position could allow them, just in their position, could allow them to join NATO,
I thought his comments were good yesterday and probably good today
The United States does not believe that Nato membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement,
Nato has made a long-term commitment to Ukraine and its rightful place is in Nato,
Starmer’s spokesperson said Europe believes all of a sudden that working on defence is a good thing… Between that realisation and the reality of building a European defense industry it’s going to take many years and even many decades,
he told the Financial Times
