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I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never, ... This is the war in Ukraine, against us, and it's our human losses."
Zelensky told NBC News' Kristen Welker on Meet the Press last week ... adding, When they want a seat at the table...wouldn't the people of Ukraine have to say like, 'You know, it's been a long time since we've had an election.'
He then played a video of Trump saying at Tuesday's press conference We have seen this disinformation, we understand that it is coming from Russia,
Zelensky told reporters on Wednesday So, Ukraine has to have elections if it wants to sit at the negotiating table. That's it. Zelensky has nowhere to run. Trump reacted. He said that he is outdated and unpopular. Let me add from myself, he's also very, very weak. He is worthless, to put it correctly, he's worthless,
The phrases he is saying are so deep and so correct. They are in total alignment with the way we see things. Of course, the cherry on the cake, an absolute cherry on the cake is this phrase—"
Solovyov said in reaction to Trump's comments, according to an English translation from the watchdog project Russian Media Monitor We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine, where the leader in Ukraine, I hate to say it, but he's down at 4 percent approval rating, and where a country has been blown to smithereens."
On a recent broadcast, Solovyov played a clip of Trump's press conference, in which the president said I told [Ukraine] that I want the equivalent of, like, $500bn worth of rare earth, and they’ve essentially agreed to do that,
Trump told Fox reporter Bret Baier The proposals of Ukrainians about the ‘exchange of territories’ are nonsense, the only way to heal is to ‘feel like Russians again’, Dmitry Medvedev wrote in his Telegram channel,
said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova Russia’ ... The United States can use the enormous challenges Russia will face in 2025 as leverage to secure critical concessions.”
But one cannot count up to $500bn and say, ‘Give us back $500bn in minerals.’ That’s not a serious discussion,
Zelenskyy said on Wednesday Peace will only come through strength,
said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock That country cannot really answer for its words,
Peskov said in an interview on Russia Today We see in America a president who admires autocratic systems,
said Germany’s next chancellor-presumptive, Friedrich Merz, and a “vice president who tells us how to run our democracy”. We are no longer sure if the Americans still stand by our side as they did after 1945,
Russia will likely face a number of materiel, manpower, and economic issues in 12 to 18 months if Ukrainian forces continue to inflict damage on Russian forces on the battlefield at the current rate,
This requires tough and long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, a strong NATO and progress in Ukraine’s accession negotiations with the European Union,
My sense is we can cope, but it is in dire need of investment for the modern battlefield,
The British Army is suffering from the cumulative effects of 40 years of decline,
It will be very difficult for the military in our current situation,
admitted an MP from the governing Labour party, who has pushed the government to go beyond its planned hike to military spending, which stands at 2.3% of GDP but is set to rise to 2.5% in the coming years The way in which this was delivered – blow after blow after blow, within days – that was a real shock” for the continent
said Armida van Rij, a senior research fellow and head of the Europe Programme at London-based think tank Chatham House