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Today, we made an offer that the Ukrainians have accepted, which is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate negotiations to end this conflict in a way that's enduring and sustainable and accounts for their interests, their security, their ability to prosper as a nation,
We'll take this offer now to the Russians and hope that they'll say 'yes,' that they'll say 'yes' to peace,
the secretary of state continued Don't rush to put on rose-tinted spectacles,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow on Tuesday at the Higher School of Economics, according to Reuters The ball is now in [Russia's] court."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Michael Waltz left the meeting in the coastal city of Jeddah with a clear message Saudi Arabia provides a crucial platform for diplomacy, and we appreciate this,
What we want to know is, are they interested in entering some sort of peace conversation and general outlines of the kinds of things they could consider, recognising that it has been a costly and bloody war for the Ukrainians. They have suffered greatly and their people have suffered greatly,
My hope is we’ll have a really good meeting tomorrow and be in a different place,
he told reporters about the aid as he headed to Jeddah I think both sides need to come to an understanding that there’s no military solution to this situation,
I'm not going to set any conditions on what they have to or need to do. I think we want to listen to see how far they're willing to go and then compare that to what the Russians want and see how far apart we truly are,
They’re a great example for the rest of Europe. I was simply responding to a post by the foreign minister which is just inaccurate,
It may be incompatible with what the Russians are willing to do,
All of that came about because we felt that they were not committed to any sort of peace process or not interested in negotiations,
The Ukrainian delegation remains in Jeddah to work with the U.S. team on Tuesday and we hope for practical outcomes. Ukraine's position in these talks will be fully constructive,
Zelensky said after the meeting I think the notion of the pause in aid, broadly, is something I hope we can resolve. Obviously what happens tomorrow will be key to that,
I am grateful to every unit and every brigade defending Ukraine’s positions, ensuring the destruction of the occupiers, and making every effort to provide our country with the strength needed to bring peace closer,
The most important thing that we have to leave here with is a strong sense that Ukraine is prepared to do difficult things, like the Russians are going to have to do difficult things to end this conflict or at least pause it in some way, shape or form
The Russians can't conquer all of Ukraine, and obviously it'll be very difficult for Ukraine in any reasonable time period to sort of force the Russians back all the way to where they were in 2014,
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