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Unless they acknowledge it's an aggression, they can't participate,
an International Criminal Court official said to The Telegraph
The war didn’t need to happen. It was provoked,
Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Mideast, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday
What we have to do is keep the pressure on, and then go into negotiations ― negotiations that will include the Ukrainians, not exclude them,
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I have been very clear in my support for Ukraine,
Lawler saidRussia, China and Iran have been working in a coordinated effort to undermine and destabilize the United States, Europe, Israel and the free world,
he continuedThis is not a statesman or a diplomat,
he continuedThe phrases he is saying are so deep and so correct,
Soloviov saidEssentially, this is President Trump surrendering to the Russians,
Reed said
Does all the finger-pointing and pearl clutching make peace more likely? That’s the enduring question the president is asking. He wants peace, and if that’s the case, you’ve got to stare down the Russians, and Vladimir Putin, and who they’ve chosen to negotiate and have earnest conversations about difficult things,
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President Trump’s peace through strength America First diplomacy effectively deterred Russia in his first term, and this war would have never started if he had never left office,
said the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in an email to the Wall Street JournalI don’t plan to stay in power for decades
he addedAnd so President Trump isn’t getting drawn into that in unnecessary ways, and as a result, we’re closer to peace today than ever before,
Hegseth added
Deals only work, Jake, when they’re good for all the parties and that’s that’s the pathway that we’re on here.”
He added
There were all kinds of conversations back then about Ukraine joining NATO. ... That didn’t need to happen,
he said
Today, at the risk of their lives and with courage, they are resolutely defending their homeland, national interests and Russia's future,
Putin said in a video released by the Kremlin
We must do our best to achieve a lasting and just peace for Ukraine. This is possible with the unity of all partners: we need the strength of the whole of Europe, the strength of America, the strength of all those who want lasting peace,
Zelenskyy said on TelegramFate willed it so, God willed it so, if I may say so. A mission as difficult as it is honorable — defending Russia — has been placed on our and your shoulders together,
he told servicemen who have fought in UkraineThe people decided to join Russia a long time ago,
he said, referring to Moscow-staged votes in eastern Ukraine held amid the offensive that were slammed as bogus by Kyiv, the West and international monitors.jpg)
This is a dialogue between two extraordinary presidents,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state TV on SundayWe will continue to improve the combat capabilities of the army and navy, their combat readiness as an essential component of Russia's security [and] guarantee of its present and future sovereignty,
he said