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At some point, Trump has to present a plan to Putin and we will see if Putin wants to stick to it. From that moment there is a new reality,
Goncharenko said
I don’t think that Trump’s victory is a catastrophe. Ukraine is now his business and if negotiations lead to a disaster it will be his, like Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. This is a person who loves to win.”
Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian opposition MP, saidI think Ukrainians have already learned the lesson that we have to count on ourselves”
Maria Avdeeva, a Kyiv-based fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute thinktank, said ... a refrain that crops up repeatedly in conversationI believe that President Trump really wants a quick decision,
he said at a meeting of the European Political Community in BudapestThe situation remains challenging and shows signs of escalation. The enemy, leveraging its numerical advantage, is continuing offensive actions and is focusing its main efforts on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions.”
Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s most senior military commander, said on SaturdayTrump during his election talked about how he perceives everything through deals, that he can make a deal that can lead to peace,
he said, though he added campaign trail statements were not always borne outHe turned out to be a courageous person. People show who they are in extraordinary circumstances. This is where a person reveals himself. And he showed himself, in my opinion, in a very correct manner, courageously. Like a man.”
The Russian president congratulated Trump on his victory and saidThe aid package must enable Ukrainians to survive the winter, push Putin’s forces back, and give President-elect Trump the flexibility he needs to act from a position of strength,
Razom said
I want the war to stop,
Trump, now president-elect, replied
What I hope he does, and I think he will, is put pressure on both sides to get to the negotiating table, and it comes out kind of like the end of the Korean War, Michael, which is to say, Putin, unfortunately, but in a real world, will end up with about 20 percent of Ukraine, the chunk that he currently holds, but the rest of Ukraine, the 80 percent, all those resources, vast majority of the population, they stay democratic, free,
Stavridis said
Putin will hate that part of it, just like the Ukrainians will hate the part of Putin holding onto 20 percent of their country. But it's a negotiation,
the retired admiral told SmerconishCongratulations to @realDonaldTrump on his impressive election victory! I recall our great meeting with President Trump back in September, when we discussed in detail the Ukraine-U.S. strategic partnership, the Victory Plan, and ways to put an end to Russian aggression against Ukraine,
he wroteI would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election as president of the United States of America,
the Russian leader saidI don't think it is realistic, but at the same time, I believe that he will make an effort to end this war and to make a deal with President [Vladimir] Putin,
said Pavel, a retired general and former chairman of NATO's military committeeIt will most probably not be in our interest and in the interest of Ukraine to have such a deal,
Pavel said at the IISS Prague Defence Summit on FridayWith President Trump, we will probably have to do it faster,
Pavel addedTrump has kept on saying he could solve the issue in one day,
said former NATO official Edward Hunter ChristieWe can do training and other support, but the barrel of the gun is going to be European,
a member of Trump's team told the JournalLet's wait and see what happens in January,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on WednesdayBut we saw the reaction of our president [to Trump’s win] and I think he could be good in the war area,
he adds as he strolls through Lviv in western Ukraine during brief leave from the military