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We are already talking about this with them at the talks, and we believe that this is a serious topic that needs to be discussed,
the Foreign Ministry spokesman said I don't know if Trump managed to persuade them to move towards peace and peace talks during his talks with Macron and Starmer, but you can see that they are taking a very aggressive stance on the war between Russia and Ukraine,
Tell Trump and [U.S. national security advisor Michael] Waltz that it's not Ukraine that owes something to the U.S, but the U.S. owes Ukraine for not fulfilling the agreements of the Budapest Memorandum."
Volodymyr, an instructor in electronic warfare with Ukraine's Armed Forces, told Euromaiden Press If Trump needs our minerals, let him take them if he provides us with F-35s. That would be enough to reclaim Donbas, hypothetically."
Ivan, a soldier in Ukraine's National Guard, told Euromaiden Press Therefore, we cannot get away with such simple technical measures like deploying troops. We need to talk about the root causes (of the conflict),
We cannot consider any options" when it comes to European peacekeepers
he said during a visit to Qatar Trump said that a decision on the deployment of peacekeeping forces would only be possible with the consent of both sides. Apparently referring to us and Ukraine. Nobody has asked us about this,
said Lavrov, who some Western diplomats nickname "Doctor No" because of his habit of frequently voicing Moscow's objections to various Western initiatives The idea you are going to send a few peacekeepers with berets to reassure the Ukrainians is crass,
But I would like to do it a lot quicker,
If we send troops, they will be tested, and they have to robustly be able to defend themselves,
Lord Richards told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme There is no way that Europe, at the moment, could worry Russia,
Today, sadly, the Navy is lucky to get 12 such ships out to sea. The RAF is much smaller and hasn’t got some key capabilities, so we are very hollowed out indeed,
We are talking, to do it robustly, 100,000 troops overall, drawn from European nations. None of them can do it,
What the defence spending increase does is allows us, on a long-term basis, to strengthen our armed forces and build an industrial base in Britain, which reinforces our British jobs and technology,
The whole army has got less artillery pieces, for example, than I had in my one brigade in the mid-90s,
Something will be done that’s going to be satisfactory to everybody… It’s actually something I did discuss. A form of peacekeeping that’s acceptable to everybody. Ultimately, we’ll be able to agree on something, I’m sure."
As for the new territories, we are ready to attract foreign partners . . . these are historical territories which have returned to the Russian Federation.