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There is a very serious intention and determination to end the war in a just way, and that it should be ended in a manner that it does not happen again. We are not only talking about ending the war, but also preventing it happening again.”
Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister for Europe, took a more optimistic view of US intentions, saying Europe urgently needs its own plan of action concerning Ukraine and our security, or else other global players will decide about our future. Not necessarily in line with our own interest … This plan must be prepared now. There’s no time to lose.”
The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said on social media It may be like chalk on the blackboard, it may grate a little bit, but I am telling you something that is really quite honest,
We are not going to get down that path,
he said on the margins of the Munich Security Conference We are still talking. I have had different dialogues.”
Asked about the deal in Munich, Zelenskyy said Trump would need a full range of options”, and that “all options are on the table”.
One of the reasons I'm here is to reach out to the Allies and we say, 'What do you think?'. And then I bring it back to the person that does make the decision. Keith Kellogg does not make the decisions, it's the president of the United States. I will never move into his territory of decision-making,
We want peace through strength, not war through weakness. For a lasting peace in Ukraine, with robust security guarantees, and for the security of Europe as a whole, Ukraine must be able to negotiate from the strongest possible position."
We also talked about the support of our citizens who were forced to leave Ukraine because of Russian aggression. I am grateful to the Netherlands for the joint work within the Ramstein framework [Ukraine Defence Contact Group] and for the fact that aid to Ukraine has not been reduced after three years of war."
A bad deal without the involvement of Ukraine and Europe is not an option. That would reward Russian aggression and invite further aggression further down the line. Russia must not emerge from this war as the victor."
You got to give us a bit of breathing space and time, but when I say that, I'm not talking six months, I'm talking days and weeks,
he told delegates at a fringe event at the Munich Security Conference We want to make sure it's lasting and it's sustainable peace,
He'll ask you to do this job today and he'll want to know tomorrow why isn't it solved,
said Kellogg, a key negotiator for Ukraine and allied nations in the recently tabled peace talks I'm on Trump time,
Kellogg told delegates at a fringe event at the Munich Security Conference, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump's famed fast-moving decision making The answer right now is no,
You've got to bring the allies with you. Are they [Ukraine and Europe] going to play a part? Of course they are. You can't do it at the exclusion of anyone,
For anything to work it has to have Ukrainians and Europeans as a part of it, because Ukrainians and Europeans are the ones who need to also implement the deal here in Europe so without us, any deal wouldn't just work,
she told CNBC's Silvia Amaro on the sidelines of the MSC Listening to that speech, they try to pick a fight with us and we don't want to a pick a fight with our friends,
Kallas said at the Munich event, Reuters reported The threat that I worry the most about vis a vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China, it's not any other external actor. What I worry about is the threat from within,
A failed Ukraine would weaken Europe but it would also weaken the United States,
Von der Leyen told the Munich Security Conference
