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Russian 'Z-bloggers' continue resenting negotiations and call them a 'shameful deal.' However, Russian propagandists and 'middle management' have reportedly already been instructed to 'convince the people that this is a victory' and 'deal with dissenters.' With the Russian propaganda machine, people can be convinced of absolutely anything."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Anton Gerashchenko, the former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, wrote A Kremlin propagandist told President Trump to f*** off in response to a deal offer."
Serhii Sternenko, a Ukrainian activist, wrote on X Not sure people working on multilateral cooperation realize how big an impact the US shift on NATO could have. Many hoping Europe will step up to fill US funding gaps, but the US just told Europe to spend $644bn more on defense + that it's on its own if Russia comes storming in."
Tim Hirschel-Burns, a policy liason at Boston University's Global Development Policy Center, wrote on X I spoke with @SecGenNATOto discuss how we can work together to build a stronger, more lethal and more sustainable NATO Alliance. We both agreed that increasing Allied defense spending and expanding industrial base capacity are central to this shared goal."
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also previously called for NATO to increase its defense spending and wrote on X I'm sure that the agreements will be reached and we will return to civilized communication, which was disrupted by the previous administration,
she said in Ankara, according to Russian news agencies The United States raised concerns regarding access to banking and contracted services as well as the need to ensure stable and sustainable staffing levels at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow,
U.S. State Department said in a statement Through constructive discussions, both sides identified concrete initial steps to stabilize bilateral mission operations in these areas,
If that's the case, then we're in a good position to try to promote a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine,
It's a backstop, you could say. I don't think anybody's going to play around if we're there with a lot of workers,
the president told reporters at the Oval Office earlier Thursday I don't like to talk about peacekeeping until we have a deal,
Trump said during the news conference It would be very odd to have a situation where you have the burden shift to Europeans, but not the strategic responsibility and the strategic reflections,
The most important thing is: Do these guys get along? Do they have a common vision?"
Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said about Trump and Starmer I have a lot of respect for him [Zelenskyy].”
Trump was ... While not saying whether he would apologize, Trump said If you want peace, you have to talk to both sides."
During the news conference, Trump defended his decision to directly negotiate with Russia without the involvement of Kyiv or European allies as "common sense," saying We had to go through the Russian hoax together,
he added, in an apparent reference to the U.S. government investigation that examined whether Trump's 2016 presidential campaign illegally coordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of the U.S. election They have lost key categories of staff needed to build capacity, and current sanctions [are] making it more difficult and more expensive to build some of the advanced capabilities,
I don’t believe for a second Russia is going to advance a war in any other country right now,
Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin told NBC News on Sunday President Putin says it’s not Russia. I don’t see any reason why it would be,
he said after closed-door talks with Putin in Helsinki In the longer run, I’m not ruling out the possibility that the Russians will decide or calculate they could actually test Article 5,
But that ... he told POLITICO, referencing the alliance’s collective defense commitment I know him very well. Yeah, I think he wants peace. I think he would tell me if he didn’t … I trust him on this subject,
Trump told reporters last week
