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That means this is the time for us to get more weapons and drive them back,
said the commander of a specialist battalion operating in the east Trump will ‘allow’ Russia to take what it has conquered – but no more, of course. Meanwhile, he’ll offer Ukraine some guarantees,
said the prominent Russian ultranationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin on his Telegram channel For Putin, a real solution means a Ukraine that is ‘friendly’ to Russia – deprived of military capability, which has a rewritten constitution and guarantees non-membership in Nato,
He’ll plant himself right in the middle of our Ukraine. Let me remind you, all of Ukraine is ours. All of Ukraine is Russian land,
The promise to exchange visits is a victory for Putin. Any dictatorship sees a visit from the US president as the highest form of international legitimacy, almost a magical ritual that lifts a diplomatic curse,
said Alexander Baunov, a political analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace thinktank We wanted to chainsaw the western world into pieces, but he decided to cut through it himself,
At times, many in the elites questioned whether it was wise for Putin to start the war or not settle for peace earlier,
said a well-connected businessman in Moscow Zelenskyy had repeatedly urged Trump to speak with him first before engaging with Putin. Instead, Trump did the exact opposite,
gloated Sergei Markov, a popular Russian commentator Investors dreamed about this scenario but did not really believe it was possible,
the Cifa Broker chief analyst, Ovanes Oganisyan, told the business newspaper Kommersant Frigid spinster Europe is mad with jealousy and rage,
said Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president His next move is to secure a closed-door meeting with Trump, where he can further press his case,
Now, Putin’s main focus is Trump – everyone else is irrelevant,
the foreign policy source said The positions of the parties differ significantly and, at this moment, seem incompatible,
said Tatiana Stanovaya, a prominent Russian political analyst and the founder of R Politik, a political analysis company Putin remained patient and didn’t bend. Instead, he waited for the world to change around him,
the foreign policy source said, referring to Trump’s election and his administration’s radically different foreign policy outlook From the Kremlin’s perspective, there is nothing the west can do that would reverse Russia’s territorial gains and prevent Ukraine’s collapse in the long run,
People didn’t really know what President Putin’s thoughts were. But I think I can say with great confidence, he wants to see it ended also, so that’s good — and we’re going to work toward getting it ended and as fast as possible.”
Of his conversation with Putin, Trump said I think long before President Putin, they said there’s no way they’d allow that.”
Trump said Wednesday of Russia The presidents of Russia and the U.S. have talked at last. This is very important in and of itself,
the deputy chair of Russia’s National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an online statement This means that the formula ‘nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine’ -- a sacred cow for Zelenskyy, the European Union and the previous U.S. administration -- no longer exists. Moreover, the opinion of Kyiv and Brussels (the European Union) is of no interest to Trump at all,
To us, the position of the current (U.S.) administration is much more appealing,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday
