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Recent developments and this different view of things from the United States now oblige us not only to face the truth, but to move at a very high speed and implement decisions that we have been discussing for long,
In the worst case scenario, Ukraine will keep fighting. If their defenses crumble, I don't think that the American people want to see those pictures on television and to be held responsible,
Russia has won Round One,
U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat who is a co-chair of the bipartisan House Ukraine caucus, told Reuters If Crimea remains in Russian hands, Russia will use it to dominate the Black Sea aggressively and to attack Ukraine again,
One of the presidents of a big [NATO] country stood up, said, if we don’t pay and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?”
he told students at Coastal Carolina University in February last year If the US continues to say what Vance said at Munich, they are facing a disaster,
said a Ukrainian former cabinet member If the people making those speeches were women, they would have been called all sorts of bad names,
Europe will almost certainly be stuck with the bill for Ukraine’s reconstruction, and may also be stuck with the bill for prosecuting the war, ie $70-100bn a year,
said the Romanian analyst No, I will not protect you, in fact I would encourage [the Russians] to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay,
Is the United States still seen as a reliable partner?”
asked another parliamentarian from Kyiv The world we are living in does not respect weakness, weak countries… I’m not sure this world still respects international law,
said a second parliamentarian China’s plan was to divide the American alliance and to cause the Americans to pull away from their networks,
said a Finnish China expert Europe is waking from a warm bath,
No one knows if NATO will be present if things actually happen,
said one Ukrainian parliamentarian whose husband was fighting on the front lines It’s about creating a coherent threat perception across society, about having all reservists and military industry ready and on board, attending exercises, etc,
I have been in Mariupol in 2022 and have experienced torture,
said a Ukrainian woman who has served on the front lines In 1985, West Germany had 600,000 troops, France 200,000. The Soviet Union was deterred by Germany and France. The US only provided a nuclear umbrella. After the Cold War this changed, and it was a mistake,
This whole negotiation from the start seems very tilted in Russia’s favord it’s even a question whether it should be termed a negotiation or in some sense, a series of American capitulations,
said Nigel Gould-Davies, senior fellow for Eurasia and Russia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and a former British ambassador to Belarus No one is being sidelined here,
said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio A half-baked negotiator could have settled this years ago without the loss of much land, very little land, without the loss of any lives,
Trump said, echoing his frequent claim that he could have prevented the Russian invasion
