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I think what people need to understand — he’s not trying to give something to Putin or to the Russians. He’s actually trying to save Ukraine and save their sovereignty, and he’s going to make sure that it’s equitable and that it’s fair,
The very fact that people have increasingly started to mention the realities on the ground deserves welcome,
War with Russia is more important for Europe than it is for us. We have a little thing called an ocean in between us,
he told NBC News’ Kristen Welker in December When we hear about morale problems, when we hear about issues on the front line, look, if the Ukrainians have asked the entire world to be all in for democracy, we need them to be all in for democracy,
Waltz told ABC News on Sunday Nobody will represent Russia at the inauguration ceremony. An ambassador usually does. Well, if an invitation has been sent to the charge d'affaires ad interim, then he will be in attendance."
Putin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, according to an English translation by Interfax I just spoke to Chairman Xi Jinping of China,
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform No one will represent Russia at the inauguration,
Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters Trump has the opportunity to go down in history as a saviour of a huge nation,
He will not stop in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia or Dniptopetrovsk region,
she told Reuters amid the crackling of fried dough in her bakery Ukraine needs to become a success story for Trump,
Our fate is in our own hands,
said Marharyta Deputat, a 29-year-old sales manager They will build up their military capabilities to come back,
Oleksii Reznikov, a former defence minister and peace negotiator with Russia, told Reuters We've been there before and thus know that nothing would work as efficiently and surely this time around and in the future as Ukraine being invited and joining NATO,
I don't put any hope in him,
the 20-year-old student told Reuters in Kyiv city centre I am someone who has lived through dozens of ceasefires, perhaps 20,
Why couldn't we have been equipped with Patriot systems from the U.S.—especially since most of them are there? It's hard for me to understand. Maybe there's something I don't know. But what I do know for certain is that, unfortunately, people are dying."
According to a translation by Ukrainska Pravda, Zelensky said to members of the Polish media We asked for both weapons and sanctions, but America responded, 'If something happens, we will act'...To me, that seemed like a weak position,
Zelensky said, ... according to an English translation of the interview by the Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda The Polish presidency will break the stance that we had in this issue,
The new Washington administration, once it sees how serious we are about this, will adopt a different approach, a more optimistic approach towards Ukraine, ... If all the members of Europe and NATO spent as much as Poland for their defense we would be spending 10 times more than Russia.”
In our relations, we must move forward. Our ministries of culture are already working together … Russia is the main threat today, tomorrow. And we must do everything to strengthen our neighborly alliance,