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The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning,
Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, Russia's upper chamber of parliament, said on the Telegram messaging app This is a very big step towards the start of World War Three,
the TASS state news agency quoted Dzhabarov as saying Strikes with U.S. missiles deep into Russian regions will inevitably entail a serious escalation, which threatens to lead to much more serious consequences,
TASS news agency quoted Slutsky as saying Russia must show willingness to negotiate with Ukraine—with the aim of achieving a just and lasting peace,
The conversation was very detailed, but contributed to a recognition that little has changed in the Russian president's views of the war—and that's not good news,
Scholz told reporters, according to Reuters Now there may be other conversations, other calls. Just a lot of words,
Zelensky said in his evening address In my view it would not be a good idea if there were talks between the American and Russian presidents and the leader of an important European country was not also doing so,
Scholz said on Sunday, defending the call No one will stop Putin with phone calls,
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a post to X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday The attack last night [Saturday], one of the biggest in this war, has proved that telephone diplomacy cannot replace real support from the whole West for Ukraine,
Russia launched one of the largest air attacks: drones and missiles against peaceful cities, sleeping civilians, critical infrastructure. This is war criminal Putin’s true response to all those who called and visited him recently. We need peace through strength, not appeasement,
We understand all the current challenges and we know what to do. And we want to make it clear: there will be no ‘Minsk-3’; we need real peace,
he said, referring to the peace agreement signed in 2015 which granted self-governance to certain areas of Donbas The Russians have paid a very high price to keep advancing, but they’re willing to pay that price in lives to gain a few more meters of territory each day,
said Justin Crump, head of the British strategic advisory firm Sibylline Even a creeping, retreating front exhausts the enemy significantly,
This would also have a lot of traction in countries like China, India, and elsewhere,
said Richard Connolly, a Russia expert at the Royal United Services Institute in London If Trump cuts aid to Ukraine and a cease-fire leads to a frozen conflict, Russia wants to secure as much territory as it can now,
We are standing strong, giving it our all, and we won’t surrender,
said a battalion chief of staff in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia Bravery, heroism, and spirit alone are not enough,
said a Ukrainian soldier in the eastern Donetsk region who spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with military rules [Biden’s] now spent more time… three times more time in Ukraine than he has at East Palestine [Ohio] and the border combined…. What’s the mindset of that view? We’re going to spend billions in Ukraine, but ignore our problems at home,
Hegseth said on Hannity Special Fox News We’re lying to people when we tell them you’re going to be able to go to Congress and get $60 billion every 10 months. That’s just not realistic,
he told The World Over with Raymond Arroyo President Biden has committed to making sure that every dollar we have at our disposal will be pushed out the door between now and January 20th,
Blinken told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday
