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The scary part of that is that there is only one source he could have heard this from, and that is the Russians. No one else would claim anything like that, because his level of support is way higher than that. It's over 50% like it or not."
There's some of the rhetoric coming out of Kyiv, frankly, and insults to President Trump that were unacceptable."
Everyone will be accusing each other of being at fault at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,
said Oleh Saakyan, co-founder of the National Platform for Resilience and Cohesion, a civic group Putin hates Zelenskyy because he ruined his plans to subjugate Ukraine. And he dreams of getting a pro-Russian candidate after a grueling war.”
Sergey Lagondinsky, a member of the European Parliament for Germany’s Green Party who grew up in Russia in Soviet times, wrote recently Who can run a campaign in a time of war?”
Only after the end of the war and the achievement of a stable peace … will it be possible to organize elections freely, fairly, democratically, and accessibly,
We have Russian-occupied territory where people will not be able to vote and will not be able to make their own choice,
The president’s seat right now is an electric chair,
The troops of Nato countries [in Ukraine] under a foreign flag – an EU flag or any national flag … is unacceptable.”
After talks with the US in Saudi Arabia, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov made clear the Russian position Trump has conceded upfront and ahead of any talks with Ukraine what could have been part of a more balanced deal in the end,
Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, said in a note Thursday Washington has signaled willingness to consider several Russian demands that undermine Ukraine's long-term security, while the bilateral format and thawing U.S.-Russia ties raise concerns about a ceasefire deal that may be highly unfavorable for Ukraine. Trump's criticism towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is driving anti-American sentiment in Ukraine and heating up Transatlantic tensions,
he said in emailed comments The first U.S.-Russia ceasefire talks [this week] on Ukraine offered little cause for optimism for Kyiv,
Andrius Tursa, central and Eastern Europe advisor at risk consultancy Teneo, said in a note Thursday On the American side, there were entirely different people who were open to the negotiation process without any bias, without any prejudice to what was done in the past,
he said in comments translated by NBC News For all that is publicly known, Russia has not made any concessions in return. This can only embolden Russia to push for more. To add insult to injury, Trump has questioned the legitimacy of democratically elected Zelensky and blamed Ukraine for not giving in to Putin's maximalist demands years ago,
This should be not only our goal, but a shared one with our partners. Especially as we approach the third anniversary of the beginning of this war – a war that we in Ukraine have wanted to end from the very first second. I am confident that we will end it, and with lasting peace. And in such a way that Russia will never be able to invade Ukraine again, that Ukrainians will return from Russian captivity, and that Ukraine will have a future,
There are many patriots among us - we're descendants of the Cossacks,
said "Alladin", who was training the troops Maybe they decided something over there - but that's their opinion,
the 21-year-old, whose call sign means "spring", told Reuters at a training base in southeastern Ukraine You can't be betrayed by a person you didn't expect anything from."
In any case, he had not placed high hopes in U.S. President Donald Trump standing up for Ukraine The country is ruined ... there is simply nothing to come back to for me,
We should believe Russia and the United States again that we will be safe? They cheated us once before,
said Olha Shkapa, 45, from Kyiv, referring to the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.
