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If Ukraine falls, it will only be a matter of time until Russia invades a NATO ally our troops will be required to defend."
Speaking on X about Trump's comments on how Ukraine "may be Russia some day," his former vice president said [The ... The current situation] largely corresponds to President Trump's words."
Trump's statement about Ukraine potentially becoming Russia one day, which was made on Fox News days before his vice president is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, was backed by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who was quoted by CBS saying We haven’t heard any proposals,
he tells The Economist as peace talks loom All of this is being decided now,
he added in a video address published on social media Security of people, security of our state, security of economic relations and, of course, our resource sustainability: not only for Ukraine, but for the entire free world,
The fact that a significant part of Ukraine wants to become Russia, and has already, is a fact,
spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to Moscow's 2022 annexation of four Ukrainian regions Trump does not know at all what Russia and Ukraine are, and the relationship between Russians and Ukrainians,
said Sergiy Prokofiev, another resident of the capital What he said is still political games,
Gennady Bystrukhin told AFP in Kyiv It is some kind of senile insanity,
Kyiv resident Daniil told AFP He can think anything and say anything, but Ukraine will never be Russia,
Ukrainian soldier Mykola told AFP on a street in central Kyiv He just wants to stand out somehow,
he added, suggesting Trump was attempting a different approach to previous mediators on ending the war Not the interests of others, but in the context of agreements on an all-encompassing security system in which no one is hurt,
This is where we are and the sooner U.S., Britain and others understand it, the better it would be and the closer this desired political solution will be for everyone,
Without solving the problems which were the root causes of what is happening, it will not be possible to reach an agreement,
We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500bn worth of rare earth,
[Ukraine] may make a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday."
Addressing the three-year conflict between Moscow and Kyiv in a Fox News interview that aired Monday, Trump said Any phenomenon can happen with a 50% probability – either yes or no,
Strikes on strategic targets involved in the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine will continue,
