It looks like the deportation of children, rape of women and the massacre of civilians, that's what happens when Russia attacks. First will be the missiles, then the works."
He's never going to give up on his aim of taking over the whole of Ukraine either
If Europe is fractured, and if Europe doesn't step up to the mark, then I really fear for our future."
It’s a betrayal. This whole war has been a betrayal,
The lid of the smoking cauldron is almost closed. The offensive continues.”
What I am sickened by is years of slaughter in a stalemate that Ukraine will inevitably lose,
Not really. I think Trump is leaning towards Moscow, towards Russia.”
Doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defence of Europe,
The defeat of Ukraine would be the defeat of Europe
We see no place for compromise.
We are now in discussion to coordinate a meeting [next week] with the Ukrainians in Riyadh or even potentially Jeddah.
What Trump has done is cast doubt - absolute doubt - on America's willingness to underpin collective defence under the alliance, which is the foundation of Nato,
That gives Putin the opportunity to declare victory and to rearm, regenerate and rebuild his armed forces,
But taken together, Europe is collectively 10 times bigger than Russia's economy,
And that means airports and seaports along Nato's eastern flank from Finland all the way down through Poland and Romania, which are critical for rapid reinforcement, would be targeted with either kinetic strikes or cyber attacks."
This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians, ... More bombs, more aggression, more victims."
We hope to discuss and agree on the necessary decisions and steps,
Russia is proving literally every day with its cruelty that nothing has changed for them,
We must step up our military support — otherwise, even more Ukrainian civilians will pay the highest price,
Hope is the most important thing in this type of conflict and, at the moment, Donald Trump is suffocating the hope that Putin can be either fought to a standstill or indeed brought to the table.”