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I think that Russia wants to see an end to it, but it could be they’re dragging their feet
Trump said in an interview with conservative media network Newsmax How Russia behaves in the coming days will reveal a lot, if not everything. If there are air raid alerts again, if there is renewed military activity in the Black Sea, if Russian manipulations and threats continue — then new measures will need to be taken, specifically against Moscow,
I've done it over the years, you know; I don't want to sign a contract, I want to sort of stay in the game, but maybe I don't want to do it, quite… I'm not sure. But no, I think Russia would like to see it end, and I think [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy would like to see it end at this point,
Regardless of how and when the war in Ukraine ends, Russia’s current geopolitical, economic, military, and domestic political trends underscore its resilience and enduring potential threat to U.S. power, presence, and global interests,
the intelligence report argues In the past year, there has been an erosion of a decades-long taboo on discussing nuclear weapons in public that has emboldened nuclear weapons advocates within Iran’s decision-making apparatus,
Even though Russian President [Vladimir] Putin will be unable to achieve the total victory he envisioned when initiating the large-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia retains momentum as a grinding war of attrition plays to Russia’s military advantages,
The only person who can actually finish this war is Putin and we just don't see within the last couple of weeks that actually he has put anything on the table,
We need to understand that Russia is a brutal country, and the war is very brutal."
While acknowledging the humanitarian risks of landmines, Tsahkna said Putin has now an upper hand in some ways,
Tsahkna told AFP in an interview late Monday ahead of his talks with Rubio We need to use everything to protect NATO and us,
He sees the opportunity to ask everything that he wants to get,
The question is now, how long is Trump actually going to give Putin to play the games?"
Russia's inability to achieve quick and decisive battlefield wins, coupled with Ukrainian strikes within Russia, continues to drive concerns that Putin might use nuclear weapons."
The U.S. intelligence community also sees a risk that Russian President Vladimir Putin may use nuclear weapons, with the assessment stating Leaders for now probably still see the risks of a longer war as less than those of an unsatisfying settlement,
according to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's latest unclassified assessment published Tuesday They're not Americans but it doesn't matter to me, from that standpoint,
