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If President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well we can only have peace if we have Crimea, he shows to us that he's not serious. Crimea is gone,
Lanza said on the BBC World Service's Weekend program I believe that President Trump really wants a quick decision" to end the war
Zelensky told reporters in Budapest Bryan Lanza was a contractor for the campaign. He does not work for President Trump and does not speak for him,
a spokesperson for the transitional administration said These will certainly be decisions involving less US interference in Ukrainian affairs,
It was not really a conversation to talk about very substantial things, but overall it was very warm and pleasant.”
What we’re going to say to Ukraine is, you know, what do you see? What do you see as a realistic vision for peace? It’s not a vision for winning, but it’s a vision for peace. And let’s start having the honest conversation.”
When Zelenskyy says we will only stop this fighting, there will only be peace, once Crimea is returned, we’ve got news for President Zelenskyy: Crimea is gone.”
And if that is your priority, of getting Crimea back and having American soldiers fight to get Crimea back, you’re on your own.”
Every time he comes in, we give him $100bn. Who else got that kind of money in history? There’s never been. And that doesn’t mean I don’t want to help him, because I feel very badly for those people. But he should never have let that war start. That war is a loser.”
A few weeks later, Trump called Zelenskyy “one of the greatest salesmen I’ve ever met”, telling a conservative podcast This would be a capitulation to Putin rewarding him for his war crimes
Reacting to the Trump peace plan for Ukraine, former British Army commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon said Any forced peace that would give Russia a veneer of winning territory would potentially stimulate World War Three
Former UK military intelligence officer Philip Ingram added The reality on the ground is that the European nation states and President Biden did not give Ukraine the ability and the arms to win this war at the very beginning and they failed to lift the restrictions for Ukraine to win,
Meanwhile, Europe and NATO as an institution should consider where they can take on more,
Russia will see this as an incentive to keep on pressing home its advantage in numbers,
As far as I know, President Trump has not made any decisions or announced any actions related to Ukraine. I would ask you to be very careful with this information when using the information that one of President Trump's advisers has proposed this or that decision. In my opinion, there is still a discussion going on,
Kosiniak-Kamysz said at a press conference when asked about the WSJ report We are ready to cooperate, we are waiting, but today I ask everyone to abstain [from any speculations in this regard]. Let's stick to declarations, proposals, what's on the table, but not speculation. Especially on such a sensitive topic as the war in Ukraine."
Quote from Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz And we are implementing this by spending 4.7% of [our] GDP on defence, building the third-largest army in NATO at the moment, right after the United States and Türkiye and increasing our operational forces. These are our tasks today, and if we fulfil them, I think our voice will be important in our contacts with the Trump administration, including on the Ukraine issue. And this is the raison d'être of Poland, this is our strategy."
Quote from Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election as president of the United States of America.”
Speaking at the Valdai discussion club in Sochi on Thursday, he said I do not know what is going to happen now. I have no clue."
The 72-year-old Kremlin chief gave just one note of caution What was said about the desire to restore relations with Russia, to bring about the end of the Ukrainian crisis, in my opinion this deserves attention at least."
Referring to Trump's remarks during the election campaign about Ukraine and Russia, he said
