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As much as I would like to believe we can negotiate with a tyrant, I suspect we may be deceiving ourselves,
Rounds said in reference to Putin at the Halifax Security Forum on Friday
I just feel so frustrated that we have not been able to provide them all of the equipment that they need, and all of the weapons systems that they need, in order to respond to the absolute tyranny coming from Russia,
said Rounds, who did reportedly stress that his views were not those of the incoming administrationATACMS will significantly enhance Ukraine's ability to disrupt Russian operations deep behind the front lines,
Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Ukraine's former defense minister, told the Financial TimesDo you believe that this tyrant, if you offer him a part of a free country, do you think he's gonna stop?"
Rounds saidNo one in the world possesses such weapons,
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If you look at the trends of the outgoing U.S. administration, they are fully committed to continuing the war in Ukraine and are doing everything they can to do so,
Peskov said
It seems that this desire, let's say, to muck things up, can be seen in the current situation,
Lavrov added, going on to sayAs for what can be expected from Biden and his outgoing administration, well, the ATACMS supplies and allowing the British and French to use Storm Shadows and SCALPSs certainly have an element of trying to leave as negative a legacy as possible for the next administration,
Lavrov said, ... according to the Russian News AgencyHad self-imposed restrictions been lifted sooner, Ukraine would have made greater advances against the Russians,
Mark Temnycky, a nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, explained to BI, arguing
Every decision's been too late,
Mick Ryan, a retired Australian Army major general and strategist, told BIBased on how Russia is responding, the war may be more 'on fire' by Inauguration Day,
he told BI
He doesn't want his legacy to be stained by the war in Europe,
he said of BidenThe Ukrainians really need to stem this loss of territory, to slow down — if not stop — the Russian advances in the east,
he saidUkraine is only authorized to shoot deeper into Russia to constrain the Russian-North Korean effort to push Ukraine out of the Russian territory,
the aide said
Observing no changes to Russia's nuclear posture, we have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture or doctrine in response to Russia's statements today,
a U.S. National Security Council spokesperson said