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Having troops over there would be fine, I wouldn't object to it at all,
Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach We have told both the Secretary of Defense and General Kellogg clearly and distinctly that it is obvious to us that this war cannot end in a victory for Russia,
I will say that in my personal opinion, America has entered the game very strongly when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine. I know President Donald Trump, I know that he is an extremely decisive man and when he acts, he acts in a very determined and usually effective way,
Please don’t be alarmed, the situation is under control,
Duda said, ... words he said There are no concerns that the U.S. would reduce the level of its presence in our country, that the US would in any way withdraw from its responsibility or co-responsibility for the security of this part of Europe,
Duda told reporters in Warsaw Europe, stand up and start to take this seriously and recognise that this is not a U.S. national priority.
The message ... he said, was You are going to lead this. So step up and do it,
Donald Trump's team has turned around to Starmer and said ... he suggested Our expectation of our friends — and we say this in solidarity — is you have to spend more on your defense, for your country, on that continent, understanding that the American military and the American people stand beside you, as we have in NATO,
However, if the war were to become ‘frozen’ and Russia no longer had to suffer significant losses during the active hostilities in Ukraine, Moscow would be able to increase its military presence next to the NATO’s northeastern flank, including the Baltics, within the next five years,
Russia is likely to be more willing to use military force in a regional war against one or more European NATO countries if it perceives NATO as militarily weakened or politically divided,
And even if I will look at the army of Russia, if they will see it that they, Russia, have 220 or 250 brigades, and Europe has 50. That is the answer. The risk that Russia will occupy Europe is 100 per cent,
I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never,
Zelensky told the ‘Meet the Press’ moderator on Friday in Munich, Germany One way or another, of course, Ukraine will participate in the negotiations, ... There will be a bilateral Russian-American track of this dialogue, and a track that will be related to Ukraine's involvement."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state-controlled TV on Thursday, per Reuters ... adding, There are risks that this can be Poland and Lithuania because we believe that Putin will wage war against NATO."
We know for sure that he is preparing steps on the territory of Belarus this year. It can happen in summer, maybe in the beginning, maybe in the end of summer. I don't know when he prepares it, but it will happen."
Zelensky told Welker in Ukrainian You have actual intelligence that President Putin is planning to attack NATO countries?"
No, we have intelligence, we have documents that they are preparing trained mission of a big number of soldiers on the territory of Belarus. We are just sharing that there is a high risk that he can do the same, maybe not, god bless not, and maybe before it, President Trump and the allies will stop him."
The Ukrainian president responded in English As we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia/Ukraine...We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other's Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately."
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier this week following his phone call with Putin I will believe that the United States will not take its forces, its contingents from Europe, because that will severely weaken NATO on the European continent. Putin definitely counts on that,
the Ukrainian president added Hegseth is going to be a great defense secretary, although he wasn't my choice for the job...But he made a rookie mistake in Brussels and he's walked back some of what he said but not that line."
Senator Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican and chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Politico on Friday