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President Biden will have the opportunity over the next 70 days to make the case to the Congress and to the incoming administration that the United States should not walk away from Ukraine, that walking away from Ukraine means more instability in Europe,
What it probably looks like is the current line of demarcation between Russia and Ukraine, that becomes like a demilitarised zone,
Vance said on the Shawn Ryan Show podcast in September I 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.”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a message congratulating Trump on his election victory, wrote We rely on continued strong bipartisan support for Ukraine in the United States.”
Ukraine retains its independent sovereignty, Russia gets the guarantee of neutrality from Ukraine – it doesn’t join NATO, it doesn’t join some of these allied institutions. That is what the deal is ultimately going to look something like,
Russia is about to suffer 700,000 people killed or wounded – the enormous pain and suffering that the Russian nation is having to bear because of Putin’s ambition,
he told BBC One’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, adding We don’t want any countenance of the idea that we’re stepping back from that. That’s why we’re offering them £3bn a year, which you know, in the fiscal context here in the UK, is difficult but the right decision for us,
[He ... He's] too wise to forget that no just and lasting peace can be made behind the backs of Ukrainians and over the heads of Europeans. This would enshrine the right of the strongest, with dire consequences in Europe and other regions of the world,
President Biden will make the case that we do need ongoing resources for Ukraine beyond the end of his term,
Sullivan said in an interview on the CBS News "Face the Nation" show The president will have the chance to explain to President Trump how he sees things, where they stand, and talk to President Trump about how President Trump is thinking about taking on these issues when he takes office,
Sullivan said on CBS's "Face the Nation." This week, we'll make our judgments about what kind of progress they have made, and ... what we will do in response."
Asked about Israel's response to a joint letter from the US secretaries of state and defense demanding that At some point, the Israeli government wants to do a deal that gets its citizens back home,
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,
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 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 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 Is it realistic to expect a complete victory for Ukraine, the complete ejection of Russia from Ukrainian territory? And if it’s not, you know, it may suit our vanity in the West to say ‘plucky Ukrainians’, [but] it’s not our children who are dying,
the former chancellor said