Quotes
We will have (a) low, low chance to survive without (the) support of the United States,
Zelenskyy said in a clip from an NBC interview, which will be aired in full on Sunday Our teams will continue to work on the document. We addressed many key issues and look forward to welcoming General Kellogg to Ukraine for further meetings and a deeper assessment of the situation on the ground."
I had a good meeting with U.S. Vice President J DVance. I am grateful to him and his entire team for the discussion, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy General Keith Kellogg also taking part."
After meeting Vance at the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky took to X (formerly Twitter) and said Probably it will be very, very, very difficult. And of course, in all the difficult situations, you have a chance,
Zelenskyy said in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference I don’t want to think about ... I don’t want to think that we will not be strategic partners.”
A good outcome means the war stops, 80% of Ukraine is free, and there are security guarantees for Ukraine sufficient that Russia won't start the war again. That is a strategic victory for Ukraine,
Everybody knows ... and people in the administration know you don't say before your first meeting what you will agree to and what you won't agree to,
Wicker told Politico on Friday They're all over the map, they have trouble getting a disciplined line, but they haven't ruled anything out. They've covered the position in a cloud of ambiguity and uncertainty,
Ukraine needs strong security guarantees, further lethal aid and a sovereign future
A Downing Street spokesman said We will never recognise occupied territories as Russian
Mr Zelensky told a security conference in Munich We have a strong army which can make a stronger Nato everywhere.
Putin will demand the limitation of Ukraine's military potential, that no Western weapons or troops be stationed in Ukraine. He will aim to restrict Ukraine's path to joining the EU and NATO, and seek the amendment of the Ukraine's constitution to make Russian an official language, and try to impose federalization."
Looking ahead, the former foreign minister believes If he's willing to abandon Ukraine's right to territorial integrity and its right to independent foreign policy, what demands is he still able to make of Putin?"
I do not share the opinion that the US will negotiate with Russia without Ukraine,
said Volodymyr Fesenko, CEO of Penta, a center for political studies in Kyiv Not only must we sit at the negotiating table, we must also take on a proactive role, especially with regard to the Trump administration, and tell them what is possible and what is not,
Who will participate in them? Will the carrot or the stick be used? No one can answer that today, because it depends on many factors that are known only to the ones negotiating. I won't speculate over whether Trump has abandoned any positions before the start of negotiations,
Some European countries are making it clear that the Trump administration's position is not really acceptable,
Putin will try to pressure Trump on key issues at the meeting in Saudi Arabia, and force the US to put pressure on Zelenskyy. At present, though, the US still maintains the position that Ukraine has to be part of the negotiations. So it's too early to draw dire conclusions,
At such a difficult time for Ukraine, I wish the president would follow the example of our European partners, who issued a joint statement demanding Europe's participation in future negotiations,
That's why the press releases were coordinated,
