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We do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders,
Trump communication’s director, Steven Cheung, said in a statement
Reports that the Ukrainian side was informed in advance of the alleged call are false. Subsequently, Ukraine could not have endorsed or opposed the call,
foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told Reuters
If President Zelensky comes to the table and says, well we can only have peace if we have Crimea, he shows to us that he's not serious. Crimea is gone,
Lanza said on the BBC World Service's Weekend program
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I believe that President Trump really wants a quick decision" to end the war
Zelensky told reporters in Budapest
I take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election,
Putin said while speaking at the Valdai discussion club in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, reported Reuters
It was not really a conversation to talk about very substantial things, but overall it was very warm and pleasant.”
The source added
Also during the telephone conversation, further steps to establish communication between teams were discussed and this work has also begun. Therefore, we are open for further cooperation and I’m sure that a unified goal of reaching just peace unites all of us,
Sybiha said
This support remains unwavering. This support is absolutely needed, for you to continue defending yourself against Russian aggression,
he saidRemember that President (Volodymyr) Zelenskyy was one of the first world leaders ... to greet President Trump,
he saidBryan Lanza was a contractor for the campaign. He does not work for President Trump and does not speak for him."
Quote from a Trump team spokesperson
What we’re going to say to Ukraine is, you know, what do you see? What do you see as a realistic vision for peace? It’s not a vision for winning, but it’s a vision for peace. And let’s start having the honest conversation.”
Lanza added
When Zelenskyy says we will only stop this fighting, there will only be peace, once Crimea is returned, we’ve got news for President Zelenskyy: Crimea is gone.”
Lanza saidAnd if that is your priority, of getting Crimea back and having American soldiers fight to get Crimea back, you’re on your own.”
Lanza addedEvery time he comes in, we give him $100bn. Who else got that kind of money in history? There’s never been. And that doesn’t mean I don’t want to help him, because I feel very badly for those people. But he should never have let that war start. That war is a loser.”
A few weeks later, Trump called Zelenskyy “one of the greatest salesmen I’ve ever met”, telling a conservative podcastThis would be a capitulation to Putin rewarding him for his war crimes
Reacting to the Trump peace plan for Ukraine, former British Army commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon said
Any forced peace that would give Russia a veneer of winning territory would potentially stimulate World War Three
Former UK military intelligence officer Philip Ingram addedThe reality on the ground is that the European nation states and President Biden did not give Ukraine the ability and the arms to win this war at the very beginning and they failed to lift the restrictions for Ukraine to win,
Lanza said
If there are any signals from the American side that they have ideas on how to move forward in terms of settlement, rather than continuing to pump the Kyiv regime with all kinds of assistance in the hope that it will eventually lead to Moscow’s strategic defeat, we will undoubtedly do everything we can to analyse this and come up with a response… It is clear that there is no simple solution to this problem or these problems related to what is happening in Ukraine and around it."
Quote from RyabkovWe are extremely thorough, responsible and attentive to any ideas that are proposed by countries in this area,
Interfax quoted Ryabkov as sayingThis process will be finalised. The president of the Russian Federation as supreme commander-in-chief will undoubtedly make decisions that will mean the improvement of the conceptual foundations of our activities in this sphere,
Ryabkov told Interfax