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Make no mistake about it, that invasion was the responsibility of one human being on the face of this planet. It was Vladimir Putin.”
Thom Tillis, R-N.C. said in an interview
Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.”
In Washington there was some pushback including from Former Vice President Mike Pence who in a direct message to Trump on X wroteOthers dallied and dithered slightly. Britain stood up; all parties and all politicians stood behind Ukraine and so did the people of the United Kingdom,
Rewko said
You can just always feel it, the people who have left, they feel this guilt … like they can never be as good as people who have stayed,
Romanenko addedUkrainians do not have the luxury of falling into despair,
Olga Onuch said, when asked about the mood of expats watching the future of their war-torn country being decided from afarIf Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, he goes further and he destabilises the rest of the European continent,
she addedIt’s an existential question of the survival of their homeland. This is not a simple thing that tomorrow someone agrees and then it’s done,
she saidLarge portions of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States who are American citizens, maybe for generations, did support the Republican party and Trump because they were expecting a harder stance,
she saidIt would be funny if you ignore the fact thousands of people are losing lives, losing limbs,
she saidBlaming Ukraine for starting the war is some kind of absurdity. As Ukrainians, we cannot understand this,
soldier Ivan Banias told AFP on the freezing streets of Kyiv
I believe that the United States helped (Vladimir) Putin to break out of years of isolation,
he added, in some of his sharpest criticism yet of the new US administrationA Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform
I think the Russians want to see the war end... But I think they have the cards a little bit, because they've taken a lot of territory, so they have the cards,
Trump told reporters late WednesdayTogether with America and Europe, peace can be more reliable, and this is our goal,
he added
Australia should stand strong and proud with the people of Ukraine. It’s a democracy, and this is a fight for civilisation. Vladimir Putin is a murderous dictator, and we shouldn’t be giving him an inch,
Mr Dutton said
Ukraine is a democracy, (President Vladimir) Putin's Russia is not,
European Union spokesman Stefan de Keersmaecker saidIt is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelenskiy democratic legitimacy,
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told news outlet Der Spiegel
At this precarious geopolitical moment, we must work with the widest possible coalition of countries to stand up for Ukraine, build stability in the Middle East and act urgently on Sudan and the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
In advance of the meeting, Mr Lammy said
The President’s instincts on Ukraine are absolutely right. It is really sad that so many parents have lost their sons, and so many sons their fathers in this pointless war.”
Mr Trump took to Trump Social after the speech to share a quote from Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk which saidIt is impossible to solve many issues, including the Ukrainian crisis, without increasing the level of trust between Russia and the United States,
he said