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The deal we're making gets us, it brings us great wealth. We get back the money that we spent, and we hope that we're going to be able to settle this up,
If its stops, will we be able to buy weapons directly from the US, maybe using Russian frozen assets?"
Politico quoted Zelenskyy as saying The government of the United States of America supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace."
A copy of a draft agreement, seen by Reuters and dated 25 February, said We are working to ensure that Ukrainian positions are protected under any circumstances. And this is one of the key conditions for the diplomacy we need – for the right diplomacy that will guarantee peace for Ukraine,
So, it's all been worked out. We're happy about it, and I think that very importantly, we're going to be able to make a deal,
President Zelensky is going to be coming on Friday. That's now confirmed, and we're going to be signing an agreement, which will be a very big agreement,
Trump told reporters as he convened his Cabinet for the first time since he assumed office last month We'll be really partnering with Ukraine in terms of rare earth. We very much need rare earth. They have great rare earth,
I’m not going to make security guarantees very much because we’re going to have Europe do that,
Asked what security guarantees the U.S. would provide, Trump was blunt ... he said during a lengthy back and forth with reporters during his Cabinet meeting Wednesday I will understand everything after I talk to Trump. For me, the most important thing is to find out will the U.S. stop military aid or not,
It is going to be a very big agreement on rare earths and other things. It has all been worked out. We are happy about it. We will also make a deal with Russia and Ukraine about stopping killing people,
What they're saying ... Trump said I will ask very directly whether the United States will stop supporting us, whether we will be able to buy weapons if they are not provided as aid, whether we can buy weapons directly from the United States. The third question is whether we can work with frozen assets, for example, to buy weapons and invest in many things, such as minerals, to rebuild Ukraine."
Quote from Volodymyr Zelenskyy I have already emphasised that it is unacceptable for us if decisions about us are made without us,
We have had a lot of consultations, and I think I know what they are ready for, how they can help, what strategic role the EU, and Europe in general, can play."
Quote from Volodymyr Zelenskyy There is a general clause that says America will invest in a stable and prosperous sovereign Ukraine, that it works for a lasting peace, and that America supports efforts to guarantee security. Now, the government is working on the details,
If the Ukrainian leader says the deal isn’t finalized, I don’t see why an invitation would make sense,
the official told Reuters Macron himself endorsed this plan, he saw it as being something as significant, that could potentially lead to the beginnings of a true peace negotiation,
Al Jazeera’s Stratford said It’s OK to be transactional,
said Fallon, ... she said Donald Trump appears to have broken all norms in international policy by doing this, and he’s losing a lot of US soft power by being so transactional,
Theresa Fallon, director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies and a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, told Al Jazeera After [President] Donald Trump’s remarks last week … it is clear that this government does not care much about the fate of Europe,
he said, calling for German “independence” from the US I didn’t let the ministers sign a relevant agreement because in my view it is not ready to protect us, our interest,
Zelenskyy was quoted as saying by the Associated Press during the Munich Security Conference on February 15.
