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The main thing for me was that we are not a debtor,
Zelenskyy told journalists Wednesday
They see this as a way to get the Trump buy-in,
said Scott Anderson, a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution
I think there will be a settlement, but as in all settlements, each party needs to come away and be able to tell their constituents they won,
Risch saidYes I do, especially if it (the deal) comes from Trump,
he told ReutersIt's really not an issue with Ukraine,
he saidFor me and for all of us in the world, it is important that American aid is not halted. Strength is needed on the path to peace,
he saidNobody has asked us about this,
Lavrov said during a visit to QatarI think the Europeans are going to remain averse to the idea of breaking international norms on reserves and fear that Russia will then, as I think they would, seize Western governmental assets and Western private assets,
he said
The strength of the United States is that it makes this or that decision in a centralized manner, which is then consistently implemented,
he saidI don’t think it will be that slow,
he said in reference to Ukraine’s post-war reconstructionWell, ideally, it should be Russian money,
said economist Alexey BayerIt’s one thing to freeze assets; it’s another thing to confiscate assets,
said Alexander Cooley, a professor of political science at Barnard CollegeIn particular, the U.S. has huge stockpiles of weapons, they are a supplier of critically important intelligence information,
he saidTheir efforts can soften the negative effect, but will not avoid unpleasant consequences,
he saidThis is the legal struggle at the moment that’s happening in the U.S. and across EU and Western countries, and this is being constantly litigated, and it is uncertain territory. … ... I think you will find the Trump administration less favorable to seizing Russian assets, especially as it is moving to settle the conflict, and one of the primary Russian asks is the unfreezing of their assets and the removal of most of the sanctions,
he saidI told [Ukraine] that I want the equivalent of, like, $500 billion worth of rare earth, and they’ve essentially agreed to do that.”
Trump insisted on the deal three weeks after assuming office in return for the assistance the US has provided in the three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, telling an interviewer
If it’s about peace in Ukraine and you really want me to leave my position, I am ready to do that,
he told reportersThe European Union was formed to screw the United States. That’s the purpose of it and they’ve done a very good job,
he told reporters at the start of his first cabinet meeting on February 26.Our defence industry will need a number of very key raw materials in our own weapons systems, not for next year, but for the next 30 or 40 years. We have to diversify that,
he said in a televised interview
Uncertainty, unpredictability, deals. Are these really the rules that the new international order should be based on?”
On the day the agreement was leaked, Polish premier Donald Tusk wrote on social media