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Our effort to reach a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine are now hopefully underway. It is so important to get that done. Millions of soldiers are getting killed. Millions of Russians and millions of Ukrainians. It has to end,
What they're saying ... Trump said in his video address to Davos attendees He liked the idea of cutting down... Putin wanted to do it. China would have joined. It would have been an unbelievable thing for the planet,
I love Europe, I love the countries of Europe.”
Still, while Trump has previously slammed NATO members for their lackluster defense spending and other perceived ills, on Thursday in his WEF address he seemed to strike a conciliatory tone, saying Well you’re gonna have to ask Russia. Ukraine is ready to make a deal.”
Asked whether he believed the war in Ukraine would end by the time the WEF returned to Davos in a year, Trump said Zelenskyy told me he wants to make a deal.” ... I don’t know if Putin does … He might not. I think he should make a deal. I think he’s destroying Russia by not making a deal,
But, he added in the Oval Office on the first day of his second presidency ... a reference to the country’s failing economy and inflation It’s time to end it.”
Russia is not the Gaza Strip. And starting a dialogue with ultimatums is not the most far-sighted move on the part of a leader claiming to be a peacemaker. Moscow will never agree to any deals dictated by blackmail and threats,
Trump could have afforded to take his time (on Ukraine), but he has decided not to drag things out and is slowly starting to apply pressure (on Russia),
Gallyamov wrote on his blog Is that any way to talk to great Russia?,
an angry Solovyov told his listeners We carefully record all the nuances. We remain ready for dialogue, President Putin has repeatedly spoken about this — for equal dialogue, for mutually respectful dialogue,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters It confirms that his level of understanding of the causes, current state and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis is approximately at the same level as his understanding of the course and outcome of World War Two,
Kosachyov said in a statement We do really welcome such strong messages from President Trump and we believe that he will be the winner. And we believe that we have an additional chance to get a new dynamic in diplomatic efforts to end this war,
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said during a discussion Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Reuters reported We do not see any particular new elements here,
Peskov told Russian media Thursday, Politico.eu reported Russia is ready for an equal and careful dialogue with the United States, which we had during Trump's first term. We are waiting for signals that have not yet been received."
By decisively cutting off Russian energy revenues from fossil fuels, the US can lead the world in pressuring Moscow to end its aggression and support Ukraine’s fight for sovereignty,
the founder of Razom We Stand clean energy campaign group told The Independent Lower oil prices will hit the Russian budget really hard. In December 2024, Russian trade surplus was the lowest since 2020. If Donald Trump restores the effectiveness of the price cap for Russian oil, Russian federal budget losses will be even greater,
These can be Russia’s fintech sector, companies involved in the development of e-ruble, central bank digital currency used as an alternative to the SWIFT international payment system Russia is already cut off from, and cryptocurrency payment systems,
But Russia already prevented from selling anything in U.S. So this threat of 'Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions' seems empty. If Trump wants to put pressure on Putin, he needs to ramp up support for Ukraine. Otherwise it's just weak rhetoric from Trump which Putin will ignore."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Bill Kristol, the director of Defending Democracy Together, wrote We see you. We know what you’re doing,
The defence secretary, John Healey, said ... as he accused the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, of trying to threaten European security by targeting undersea infrastructure And threatening us with ultimatums, scaring us with tariffs is empty talk, this does not work with Russia. If Trump decided to speak to Russia in the language of ultimatums, then he chose a mistaken and dead-end strategy,
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