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It was the nation…that was the lion’s heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.”
In a 1954 speech, Winston Churchill described his time as leader of wartime England thus
We must not forget, that the war still continues every single day, with large-scale attacks, more killings of civilians, destruction of homes and critical infrastructure and new displacement happening,
Elisabeth Haslund, UNHCR representative for Ukraine, told The Independent
We do want negotiations, but we don’t see this willingness from the Russian side,
Mudra said
We are calling on European and American partners to provide Ukraine access to these funds,
Mudra saidThis register is operational and has started accepting applications from victims,
Mudra saidIt is obvious that our main task today is to survive, and therefore we are trying to convince the Israeli authorities that together, we could be stronger,
she notedMany people don’t realize how deeply intertwined Ukrainian and Jewish histories are,
she told the ‘PostYou can see the war continuing despite any negotiations or any pretension of negotiations,
she told the ‘Post’ a day before Russia’s biggest drone attack of the war on Ukraine’s capital cityThis is a crime committed by the highest political and military leadership of the Russian Federation,
she saidThe financial aid we receive is decreasing, not increasing,
she saidI told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion of rare earth, and they’ve essentially agreed to do that, so at least we don’t feel stupid. Otherwise we’re stupid. I said to them, we have to get something. We can’t continue to pay this money,
Trump told Fox News earlier this month
Speak softly and carry a big stick – you will go far.”
In an earlier age, US president Theodore Roosevelt wisely advised
Russia is not winning in Ukraine. They’re not losing but they’re just not winning,
says Kallas, a senior officer in a specialist brigade which deploys across much of the 1,300km front lineLast summer the price of eggs jumped by 42 per cent, bananas by 48 per cent, tomatoes by 39.5 per cent and potatoes by 25 per cent. The Russian ruble has lost over half of its value since Putin first invaded Crimea in 2014, and over $600bn of the Kremlin’s foreign currency reserves have been frozen in Western banks.”
And earlier this week Russian expert and author Owen Matthews wrote in The IndependentWe’re fed up with fighting but there will have been no point if we give into Putin now, as Trump wants us to. So, we’ll fight on whatever anyone tells us to do,
a senior officer in Ukraine saysI really hope, as a Ukrainian, that what Trump saying publicly now is to cloud the eyes of the Russians,
he saysRussia should be in negotiations from a position of weakness,
he said
The troops of Nato countries [in Ukraine] under a foreign flag – an EU flag or any national flag … is unacceptable.”
After talks with the US in Saudi Arabia, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov made clear the Russian positionTrump has conceded upfront and ahead of any talks with Ukraine what could have been part of a more balanced deal in the end,
Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, said in a note Thursday
Washington has signaled willingness to consider several Russian demands that undermine Ukraine's long-term security, while the bilateral format and thawing U.S.-Russia ties raise concerns about a ceasefire deal that may be highly unfavorable for Ukraine. Trump's criticism towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is driving anti-American sentiment in Ukraine and heating up Transatlantic tensions,
he said in emailed comments