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The news is not in the attempt to confiscate, but in the fact that it is last ditch suddenly, which is coordinated — if you look at the news — with the Trump administration. Basically, it's signaling to Russia that we are going to try to find leverage over you. And if you want your money back, we're willing to haggle over it,
Mylovanov said
The worst possible scenario would be the surrender of Ukraine. And that's the 24-hour scenario where basically the US has leverage over Ukraine and the EU in terms of support and doesn't have much leverage at the moment over Russia, which means accepting the Russian demands and putting pressure on Ukraine to accept Russian demands,
Mylovanov saidI appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach in global affairs. This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer,
Zelenskyy wroteThey say Trump is trying to sell us out,
Mylovanov pointed out, arguingPutin has to sell it domestically as a victory. Ukraine has to sell it domestically as a guarantee against future invasions. Everything which creates a Trojan horse for Russia to come back and take more territory is not acceptable,
he explainedWhat people are not willing to accept is a change of constitution, disarming of Ukraine or ceding unoccupied territories. What are people willing to accept - based on the surveys - is some kind of temporary acceptance that we do not control the territory,
he explainedMaybe not as good as possible, but much better than this could have been,
he addedI will have the deal done in one day,
Trump said
There’s no way Ukraine is also going to push these people all the way back to where they were on the eve of the invasion,
Rubio said
Now is the time to show responsibility for his words,
he told Al Jazeera
Considering his style on the political arena and his way of conducting business, I think he’ll be quite careful, but will make brave steps to settle this crisis,
Roman Kravtsov, a bearded 27-year-old, told Al JazeeraThat’s why strikes on the refineries that produce it are so important,
military analyst Pavlo Narozny said in televised remarksAnd that will very negatively show the new US administration our ability to defend ourselves,
Yuri Butusov, a journalist-turned-serviceman wrote on Facebook on WednesdayLives have been lost, there’s fewer people fighting, but there isn’t more ammunition. That’s why [the Russians] keep pushing,
the serviceman saidHe’s a man of his word. He acts right away. He is quite an uncompromising guy,
said Kravtsov, who hails from the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk which has been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.We needed the planes when we counterattacked [in early 2023], when we had the manpower, when we had the ammo,
a Ukrainian serviceman who remains on the front line despite severe wounds, told Al JazeeraWe want to end [the war] with a just peace, and for that, we need to be certain that Russia won’t return again with a war against Ukraine. We need strong security guarantees,
he said on WednesdayI’m not sure that Ukraine’s matters are even in his top five” list of priorities
he said
So I believe that the incoming administration is in a position where, if the Ukrainians so desire and so choose [to negotiate – ed.], it can help to negotiate a good deal."
Quote from Blinken
Ukraine is standing, and that’s the most important thing of all,
Blinken said