If the deal is that we just give up our territories, and that's the idea behind it, then it's a very primitive idea,
He’s moving Ukraine to a much more realistic position. Still not necessarily an achievable one, but more realistic,
But I think it may also be Zelensky's attempt to, in effect, call the West's bluff,
You can’t give [an] invitation to just one part of a country,
That’s what we need to do first, and then Ukraine can get back the other parts of its territory in a diplomatic way,
Ukraine has never considered such a proposal, because no one has officially offered it to us,
If Putin is allowed to succeed in reducing Ukraine to a vassal state, he will not stop there. Our security – British, French, European and transatlantic – will be jeopardised,
It was very warm, good, constructive... It was a very good meeting and it was an important first step - now we have to prepare some meetings.”
So legally, by law, we have no right to recognize the occupied territory as territory of Russia,
Keep in mind that a negotiated settlement is not something the U.S. can impose—but for the Ukrainians and Russians to agree upon."
I think what this looks like is Trump sits down, he says to the Russians, the Ukrainians, the Europeans: You guys need to figure out what does a peaceful settlement look like? And what it probably looks like is the current line of demarcation between Russia and Ukraine, that becomes like a demilitarized zone,
If we want to stop the hot phase of the war, we need to take under the NATO umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control,
I want to work with him directly because there are different voices from people around him. And that's why we need not to [allow] anybody around to destroy our communication,