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Millions of people are needlessly dead, never to be seen again…and there will be many more to follow if we don't get the Cease Fire and Final Agreement with Russia completed and signed,
the president wrote on his Truth Social account on Friday morning To speak with Russia from the position of strength and to threaten with sanctions is a road to nowhere,
said State Duma Representative from the Crimea Region Yuri Nesterenko The more slowly you go, the farther you will get."
Russian thinking, and its relationship with time, are epitomized in a famous saying We don’t need anything that belongs to others, but we will not give up what’s ours,
he said in a speech broadcast on Russian national TV How can we and how will we be guaranteed that nothing like this will happen? How will control (of the ceasefire) be organised?"
That's why in Moscow they are imposing upon the idea of a ceasefire these conditions, so that nothing happens at all, or so that it cannot happen for as long as possible,
Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address Now we're going to see whether or not Russia is there, and if they're not, it'll be a very disappointing moment for the world,
If we stop hostilities for 30 days, what does that mean? That everyone who is there will leave without a fight?"
The Russian response, it was a kind of vintage in terms of creating confusion and trying to create an opening for the discord between us and and Ukraine."
He's done that by saying, yes, I accept a ceasefire. However, these are my conditions. That's typical Vladimir Putin,
He doesn't want a ceasefire which freezes front lines where Ukraine still occupies part of Russia."
We agree with the proposals to cease hostilities,
he told reporters in Moscow Until the ceasefire is implemented and everybody is on the same page, time will pass, which will probably give the Russians the necessary time to at least get Kursk back so that it removes any potential negotiating bonuses for Ukraine,
Miron told Al Jazeera on Wednesday If past performance is any guide, [Russia’s] demands will be backed by the US,
Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow at the London-based Chatham House think tank, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday I think that the Trump administration has shown to Ukraine very clearly that Ukraine is not going to dictate the rules after the debacle in the Oval Office,
Putin is afraid to tell President Trump directly that he wants to continue this war and keep killing Ukrainians,
Now is the time to increase pressure on him [Putin]. Sanctions must be applied – ones that will work.”
In his address, Zelenskyy added Will all those who are there come out without a fight? Or will the Ukrainian leadership order them to lay down arms and surrender?”
We agree with the proposals to halt the fighting, but we proceed from the assumption that the ceasefire should lead to lasting peace and remove the root causes of the crisis
