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In wartime, when there are so many challenges, it is absolutely irresponsible to throw the topic of elections into society in a lighthearted and playful way."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in November 2024 Putin's claims that Zelensky is unpopular and harmful to Ukraine are attempts to drive a wedge between the legitimate government of Ukraine and the Ukrainian military and population,
Putin attempted to use new language to repackage the calls for regime change in Ukraine that he has demanded since 2021."
The Institute for the Study of War think tank, in its Tuesday analysis The current head of the regime has absolutely no chance of winning the elections,
We will be guided very much by the needs of Ukraine,
Therefore, we cannot get away with such simple technical measures like deploying troops. We need to talk about the root causes (of the conflict),
Trump said that a decision on the deployment of peacekeeping forces would only be possible with the consent of both sides. Apparently referring to us and Ukraine. Nobody has asked us about this,
said Lavrov, who some Western diplomats nickname "Doctor No" because of his habit of frequently voicing Moscow's objections to various Western initiatives We cannot consider any options" when it comes to European peacekeepers
he said during a visit to Qatar The idea you are going to send a few peacekeepers with berets to reassure the Ukrainians is crass,
But I would like to do it a lot quicker,
If we send troops, they will be tested, and they have to robustly be able to defend themselves,
Lord Richards told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme There is no way that Europe, at the moment, could worry Russia,
Today, sadly, the Navy is lucky to get 12 such ships out to sea. The RAF is much smaller and hasn’t got some key capabilities, so we are very hollowed out indeed,
What the defence spending increase does is allows us, on a long-term basis, to strengthen our armed forces and build an industrial base in Britain, which reinforces our British jobs and technology,
We are talking, to do it robustly, 100,000 troops overall, drawn from European nations. None of them can do it,
The whole army has got less artillery pieces, for example, than I had in my one brigade in the mid-90s,
As for the new territories, we are ready to attract foreign partners . . . these are historical territories which have returned to the Russian Federation.
I think the difficulty is with the Russians, because Russians are the ones who want to weaken U.S. power, and who want to weaken the U.S. in the world overall,
So, when it comes to seeking peace ... Braže said For any security force, we need military guidance,
Latvia's top diplomat said We are investing in our own capability,
