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Trump looked at what Biden did to Poroshenko, and basically said, let's try that. When you show weakness, they always come back for more. Good on Zelensky for standing up for Ukrainian interests and rejecting the deal."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Oleg Kostour, the founder of Couple App, wrote
I think I'm gonna resurrect it. You know, we'll see what happens, but I'm gonna resurrect it or things are gonna not make him too happy. And look, it's time for elections, haven't had an election in a long time."
Speaking to journalists about the potential rare earth materials deal with Ukraine, Trump said on board Air Force One on Wednesday
A lot of meetings and briefings—military command, intelligence, ministers—all in preparation for talks with President Trump's representative, General Kellogg, who is already in Kyiv. Our meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, and it is crucial that this discussion—and our overall cooperation with the U.S.—remains constructive. Together with America and Europe, peace can be more secure, and that is our goal. But most importantly, this goal must be shared by our partners, not just by us."
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This causes concern for us, because we're talking about sending military contingents - about the
Peskov
They [the Trump administration] talk about the need to establish peace as soon as possible and do it through negotiations,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters
We have also already mentioned that this position is more favorable to us than the previous administration and that here we absolutely agree with the American administration,
he addedIt was decided to start resuming Russian-American dialogue on all parameters,
he saidRecent developments and this different view of things from the United States now oblige us not only to face the truth, but to move at a very high speed and implement decisions that we have been discussing for long,
he said
We have seen this disinformation. We understand that it is coming from Russia,
Zelenskyy said in response
Why should dominance be handed over to a country that is an aggressor, a violator of international law, and the author of aggression against Ukraine,
Podolyak said
Putin fiercely hates Mr. Zelenskyy. He understands that he cannot break him. He has been unable to do so for three years,
Podolyak saidTo me, the concept of 'peace through strength,' which the American administration promotes, sounds strange,
he said,I am confident that we will end it, and with a lasting peace. And so that Russia cannot come to Ukraine again, and so that Ukrainians return from Russian captivity, and so that Ukraine has a future. This is a normal desire of every nation,
he saidEurope is left without a choice. Abandoning support for Ukraine would mean surrendering on all fronts, and there is no need to talk about strategic independence, so Europe sees the outcome of the Ukraine crisis from a strategic and life-and-death perspective,
Jiang said
In order to carry out, figuratively speaking, resuscitation measures, diplomats will now begin to work in light of the agreement Lavrov reached yesterday with Rubio,
Peskov was quoted by state media as sayingYou should have never started it. You could have made a deal,
he later addedI hear that they're upset about not having a seat, well, they've had a seat for three years and a long time before that. This could have been settled very easily,
he said
It's going to mean, I believe, that Zelenskyy is going to end up giving some of the Donbas, certainly Crimea, to Russia, but it's time for this war to come to an end,
Alford said
It is not capitulating to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. It is recouping our losses in the investment that we put our trust in Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian army,
Alford saidWe need a full accounting, a full audit of where this money went and to recapture some of our losses through critical minerals at a time when China is through its Belt and Road Initiative, trying to tie up every critical mineral that it can for the future,
Alford said