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Ukraine should be first to commit to a ceasefire and defy the Russians to follow
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Ever since the Oval Office catastrophe, the aim has been to put Putin in the spotlight, and to make Trump realise Putin is not his ally, but instead is who we say he is.”
One European diplomat said
This was the wrong approach, wrong time in history, and definitely the wrong president to try to do this. What we need to hear from President Zelenskyy is that he regrets what happened, that he’s ready to sign this minerals deal, and that he’s ready to engage in peace talks.”
The national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said of the Oval Office showdown
Such a truce on air, sea and energy infrastructure would allow us to determine whether Vladimir Putin is acting in good faith when he commits to a truce. And that’s when real peace negotiations could start.”
In a separate interview, the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, for the first time laid out the strategic thinkingAll I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden … but he didn‘t break them with me, ... He wants to make a deal.”
But he also spelled out his trust in Putin, a judgment of the man’s character that few in western Europe share ... Trump said, addingIn the event of a ceasefire, it would be very difficult to verify [a truce] along the front was being respected
he saidYou are not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now. With us you start to have cards. You are gambling with the lives of millions of people.”
Those thatAfter what happened [in the Oval Office] it is clear we need to bring the US and Ukraine back together again. The first thing Zelenskyy needs to do is give his unequivocal backing to the initiative President Trump is taking to end the war and bring a just and lasting peace to Ukraine, and the Europeans too need to back the call for a ceasefire.”
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How to solve this conundrum? Just as we did after World War II … reconstruction of Ukraine must include economic reconciliation with Russia,
Ryan said
Putin has officially annexed four Ukrainian oblasts as well as Crimea. But Moscow has yet to conquer any of the four entirely,
Rough told Fox News Digital while traveling to UkraineWe can't make that same mistake if we want lasting peace for Ukraine and if we want to split Russia from China,
he added, noting otherThe problem here is that the Russians only understand win-lose outcomes, which means that to prevent them from ever attacking Ukraine again, they must see themselves to be the losers in the war just as they did at the end of the Cold War,
Michael Ryan, former deputy assistant secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy and former acting assistant secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, told Fox News DigitalHe’s doing excellent things,
says a firebrand politician on the panel, before listing White House actions that have belittled Volodymyr Zelenskyy and weakened his battlefield position – military aid suspended; satellite communications obstructed; intelligence withheldAnd now it'll be up to them to say yes or no,
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Who can believe that the Russia of today will stop at Ukraine?”
Mr. Macron asked in a speech to the nation last week
Washington has become Nero’s court,
he declared, alluding to the tyrannical Roman emperor,I would see perhaps 15,000 to 20,000 European troops, enough to deter, but not so large as to be seen by Moscow as a NATO battle corps,
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We were at war with a dictator,
Mr. Malhuret said, alluding to Mr. Putin
We’ll make a deal, and when the deal is made, I don’t think we talk about security,
Mr. Trump said, suggesting Mr. Putin could be trusted
They're not peace talks. They're capitulation demands given to Ukraine by the Russian Federation and its client state, the United States. It's all maskirovka, designed to fail because invader Russia makes no concessions at all. The goal is to turn public opinion against Ukraine."
Michael MacKay, a pro-Ukraine X user, wrote on the platform