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I spoke with U.S. Senator @LindseyGrahamSC. We greatly appreciate the bicameral and bipartisan support of the US Congress to the Ukrainian people in our fight against the Russian aggression. As always, Senator Graham is constructive and doing a lot to help bring peace closer. It's all-important that security guarantees remain on the table—and that they work for Ukraine, for real and lasting peace. Thank you for your support."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday I think the Russians want to see the war end, I really do. But I think they have the cards a little bit, because they've taken a lot of territory. So they have the cards."
Trump on Wednesday night told BBC on Air Force One I am surprised by the restraint of newly elected U.S. President Trump towards his allies, who behaved, frankly speaking, in a boorish manner. He still behaves quite courteously toward them,
Ukrainians in shock after Trump's virulent attacks on Zelensky,
Trump appals world with 'dictator' blast at Volodymyr Zelensky, ... Trump deepens rift with Ukraine by labelling Zelenskyy 'a dictator.'
The English right-leaning paper The Daily Mail wrote ... while the left-leaning The Guardian wrote Of course Ukraine didn't start the war. You might as well say that America attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor,
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who attended Trump's inauguration in January, wrote on X, formerly Twitter ... in reference to Japan's surprise strike in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 Of course a country undergoing a violent invasion should not be staging elections. There was no general election in the UK from 1935 to 1945." ... Trump's statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action."
Johnson also refuted Trump's remarks about Zelensky being a dictator and said ... Johnson went on to defend Trump, and said It’s disgusting to see how they are getting ready to carve up Ukraine the way Stalin and Hitler carved up Poland in 1939,
said Vyacheslav, referring to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a nonaggression treaty signed by Russia and Germany that divided Poland between the two nations The election is about extra expenses and will distract Ukraine from our biggest problem – the war,
Perhaps [Putin] really thinks that a pro-Russian candidate may win in Ukraine to deliver the nation to the Kremlin on a platter,
How am I going to leave my children, and how is my sick mom going to travel to Vienna?”
Russians are flexible. In their words, it’s all about flattery and compliments for Trump, but in their practice, when it comes to real talks, they play cat and mouse with Americans,
That’s not a Russia thing. That’s something coming from me and coming from many other countries also,
Trump told reporters on Tuesday while falsely saying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a 4 percent approval rating Zelenskyy also irks him emotionally, and any other Ukrainian official ready to submit Ukraine to Putin on his own accord would suit Trump way more,
I want an end to this war just as much as President Trump does, but it must end on terms that bring lasting stability and peace,
I believe he will be successful and he will achieve this goal in the Trump way.”
The longtime Trump ally added To the extent that the White House said that Ukraine started the war, I disagree,
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy told The Associated Press President Putin is evil, and he has to be stopped,
said North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, the moderate Republican who kicked off his 2026 reelection campaign in December and has angered GOP hardliners with his progressive politics Mr President, Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.”
Trump’s deputy in his first term, Mike Pence, posted on February 19 on X The purpose of this operation is to protect people who, for eight years now, have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime,
Putin said in a televised address
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