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The war in Ukraine is not only about Ukrainian independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity - it is about European security, and it is about American leadership,
President Alexander Stubb told Reuters in an interview in Ukraine's capital If there's an iota or an inkling of understanding that Putin wins this peace, then the United States will have lost, so I think we need to fight this to the bitter end,
he said when asked what his message to Trump would be It's time for the Europeans to step up to the plate and have some skin in the game, so there's definitely a shift. I am not worried,
All the language that we are hearing about Ukraine being responsible for the war, you might as well say the swimmers are responsible for attacking the shark in Jaws".
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, he added Ukraine should hold its next elections at a time when the country can guarantee the security and democratic standards of those elections. [This] cannot be guaranteed during the current all-out war,
said Peter Erben and Gio Kobakhidze of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems non-profit An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections.”
It was a move that prompted a withering rebuke from then-Senator John McCain, who chastised Trump, saying Yes, that might be the case.”
Asked if there could be protests against a bad deal or problems with the army, she replied It is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelenskyy’s democratic legitimacy. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the elected head of state of Ukraine. The fact that proper elections cannot be held in the middle of a war is in line with the requirements of the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No one should claim otherwise.”
Elections had, indeed, been due last year, but as Germany’s outgoing chancellor noted