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We will stop hostilities only when these negotiations produce a firm and sustainable result that suits the Russian Federation,
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on a visit to Türkiye The Europeans continue on the path of a sanctions nosedive, on the path of conviction in the need to continue the war,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, responding to a fresh package of sanctions levelled by Brussels on Monday I'm very disappointed, I hear that they're upset about not having a seat,
Trump told reporters on Tuesday Putin will not give us peace or give it to us in exchange for something. We have to win peace through strength and wisdom and unity,
Putin is trying harder than ever to win this war on the ground. His goal remains Ukraine's capitulation,
I think I have the power to end this war,
It’s a war that has gone on for too long … and the human tragedy of it has been absolutely dreadful,
With the way that the Trump administration is handling this, I don’t think there’s much to be positive about,
said Sonia Mycak, a research fellow in Ukrainian studies at the Australian National University’s Centre for European Studies There are many, many questions about whether or not (Trump’s stance) is something that can stand up and provide some kind of lasting peace,
What President Trump completely doesn't acknowledge, and people of his ilk don't acknowledge – in his administration and some of his Republican colleagues – is that the United States and Western Europe owe Ukraine a great deal of gratitude and enormous debt of gratitude. They have been actually holding Russian imperialism at bay,
So this so-called deal, whatever it ends up being, is not going to end the conflict in Ukraine. In fact, it could plant the seeds for a much greater conflict in the future,
That would be a very, very dangerous precedent set for the rest of the world,
Those (are) three aspects, three non-negotiable points that (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy has consistently said needed to be a part of a peace deal,
This war is going to go on. The Ukrainians are not simply going to accept the loss of their territories,
The second thing to remember is that Putin is not interested in some lasting peace,
We’re steadfast in moving ahead with sanctions and support for Ukraine up until the moment that peace is there, based on good peace negotiations with support of Ukraine and Europe,
said Kathleen Van Brempt, a Belgian social-democratic Member of the European Parliament (MEP). I think this is the wrong policy and the wrong accusations of Ukraine. They are accusing the victim, and he is taking our enemy’s side,
said Oksana Krylova, a 50-year-old Kyiv resident We cannot count on the US anymore. I’m already for a long time convinced that we need a European army, a European defence union, and what’s happening now convinces me even more,
said Hilde Vautmans, a Belgian MEP of the centrist Renew Europe group They are advancing… and there is the risk that if the line is not stabilised, Moscow could achieve a breakthrough,
said Shea, who is a former NATO official We should pursue our own policy. If America does not want to help, then let it stay in its own sphere. We need to contact Europe … with the Baltic countries, with Poland, and defend our interests.”
Ihor Vitek, a retired Ukrainian officer, said
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