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I think Trump is going to call Putin and tell him to end the war. I think Putin will not agree … and I think the Trump team will understand they have to show strength. Show more resolve. And put it all on the table,
Volker said
Not taxpayer money, but there are various ways to do this, including a lend-lease program, including by Europe seizing the €300 billion in Russian assets and using that money to buy U.S. defense equipment,
Volker said
Trump, he told me … he will be doing everything to end the war this year. And I told him, ‘we are your partner,'
Zelenskyy saidI think President Zelenskyy has played it extremely well,
said VolkerUkrainians don’t know what Trump’s gonna do. But they do know what Biden did.”
Ukraine Freedom Project founder Steven Moore, who spent seven years on Capitol Hill, mostly as chief of staff for former Chief Deputy GOP Whip Peter Roskam, said
What we need now is certainty,
said Maksym Timchenko, the chief executive of DTEK, the top private investor in Ukraine’s energy industryTrump is a businessman. He knows how to apply pressure,
Zelenskyy told a gathering of reporters Tuesday after delivering a fiery address to the Davos crowd,It might not be good — but it will be much better than under Biden,
said Mylovanov, a former Ukrainian minister, referring to his country’s fate under Trump.jpg)
Regarding the resolution of the situation in Ukraine, as the president [Putin – ed.] emphasised
Quote from Ushakov
I emphasize that we have never refused. We have always been ready to maintain smooth relations of cooperation with any U.S. administration, as I have said more than once."
Putin said on January 20
He should make a deal. I think he's destroying Russia by not making a deal,
Trump said on January 20 ... Trump statedAs for the resolution of the situation (in Ukraine) itself, I would like to emphasize that the goal should not be a brief ceasefire, not some kind of period of respite that would allow a regrouping and rearmament of forces, but a long-term peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all people and all peoples who live in the region,
Putin said on Monday
President Putin wants to meet; he's said that even publicly, and we have to get that war over with,
Trump said on 9 January
If you think the president of a country [Putin] is completely crazy, it is really hard to come to an agreement with him. You have to look at him as a serious person, who loves his country and loves the people in his country,
he saidOne thing is certain — everything will be completely different under [Trump],
the channel wrote
The funniest thing is that we also have those who hope to get a taste of these blessings — thinking that maybe Good Donald, with a stroke of his pen, will put an end to the special military operation, allowing them to return to their old ways, free of personal and corporate sanctions, partying with escorts in Monaco and philosophizing about the greater good,
it addedIn a few hours, all Ukrainian media outlets and politicians will start throwing dirt at old Grandpa Joe [Biden], hoping that blessings will pour down on them
from Trump, the channel saidEveryone, I think, should be on board with that. And, Zelenskyy even is walking into the room now saying, we’re ready to work with you, President Trump, to stop this war,
he addedWe congratulate Donald Trump on entering the office … Moscow is open for dialogue with the United States that will be built on an equal and mutually respectful basis,
Putin said during Russia’s Security and Defense Council meeting MondayRussia’s government will continue to fight for the interests of its people. That was the core goal of the special military operation,
Putin added about his ongoing war on neighboring Ukraine, which Trump has repeatedly said he’ll bring quickly to an end