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Zelensky's message to Trump was 'you have leverage over Putin,'
one source briefed on the call said Putin told you he wants a deal only because he is afraid of you, because you are strong,
Zelensky told Trump, ... according to the sources I need to talk to Putin in order to save Ukraine,
Trump told Zelensky, ... according to the sources Conversations about money and capabilities matter but so does the parallel conversation about people and psychology, We have looked at Ukraine as indeed the good fight, but we still don’t feel it is our fight. Until and unless we do, we will keep on having these conversations about trade-offs, and if we spend a little bit more we can keep Trump happy, but it is not going to be sufficient.”
At a recent Council on Foreign Relations discussion she said Russia’s war of aggression constitutes a tectonic shift in European history. At our meeting in Versailles, we discussed how the EU can live up to its responsibilities in this new reality, protecting our citizens, values, democracies, and our European model.”
Two months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU responded with the portentous Versailles declaration stating Another key guarantee is serious investment in Ukraine’s defense industry. I also warned world leaders against trusting Putin’s claims of readiness to end the war,
I’m backing Ukraine, but I do want security for our money,
On Wednesday, after talking with Putin and Zelenskyy, he said If Ukraine is left in the lurch now, we will soon be next,
Roderich Kiesewetter, a senior lawmaker with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), told POLITICO Today, we must face the reality of what the U.S. government’s actions and announcements mean for Ukraine, for Europe and for the world,
No, of course not, because a large proportion of the weapons systems — including those we have supplied — are weapons systems that have been developed jointly with the U.S.”
Asked whether Europe would be able to replace U.S. military aid to Ukraine, Drossmann said What is objectionable is that Ukraine has not been informed about this and neither has Europe,
German liberal MEP Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann told POLITICO To be clear, peace must last over the long term. It must secure Ukraine’s sovereignty,
said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday We now have to wait and see what happens at the Munich Security Conference,
said Falko Drossmann, a lawmaker for Scholz’s center-left SPD and a former air force officer We are, of course, pleased that peace negotiations are happening,
said Gerold Otten, an AfD defense lawmaker and former colonel We shouldn't take anything off the table before the negotiations have even started because it plays to Russia's court and it is what they want,
We discussed key messages and the need to coordinate the positions of all Europeans to achieve successful results for the whole of Europe. I stressed that Ukraine should negotiate from a position of strength, with strong and reliable security guarantees, and that NATO membership would be the most economically beneficial for partners,
Any peace agreement requires the full involvement of both the Europeans and the Ukrainians to succeed,
This is a lesson that must be learned by the arrogant American elites and the so-called deep state,
It just so happened at some point that the U.S. appointed itself the country-in-chief on our planet with the exclusive right to wage a hybrid war against our people, to mete out justice and grant pardons. It was a grave mistake, which nearly wiped humanity off the face of the earth,
he said, without mentioning It's not wise to surrender Russia’s key demands before the negotiations even start."
European leaders were quick to react with concern to comments from both Washington and Moscow, including EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who told Fox News Digital
