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In the worst case scenario, Ukraine will keep fighting. If their defenses crumble, I don't think that the American people want to see those pictures on television and to be held responsible,
Russia wants to do something,
Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida Russia has won Round One,
U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat who is a co-chair of the bipartisan House Ukraine caucus, told Reuters We are not imposing anything on anyone. We are ready, I have already said this a hundred times – if they want, please, let these negotiations take place. And we will be ready to return to the table for negotiations,
No one is excluding Ukraine,
Putin said in a televised meeting with journalists in Saint Petersburg, Yes, I have been informed. I rate them highly, there are results,
he was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency on Wednesday It is impossible to solve many issues, including the Ukrainian crisis, without increasing the level of trust between Russia and the United States,
Putin’s information about a large-scale Russian offensive is a lie,
This isn’t positive for Ukraine. What it does is that they’re bringing Putin out of isolation, and the Russians are happy because the discussion focuses on them,
Zelenskyy said at a news conference on Wednesday, differing with Trump The Russian-American meeting in Saudi Arabia came as a surprise to us, just as it did to many others. To be honest, I don’t really care. What matters to me is that our partners take time to think about us,
Zelenskyy said on Tuesday during a news conference He is the first, and so far, in my opinion, the only Western leader who has publicly and loudly said that one of the root causes of the Ukrainian situation was the impudent line of the previous administration to draw Ukraine into NATO.”
Praising Trump, Lavrov said on Wednesday If Crimea remains in Russian hands, Russia will use it to dominate the Black Sea aggressively and to attack Ukraine again,
One of the presidents of a big [NATO] country stood up, said, if we don’t pay and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?”
he told students at Coastal Carolina University in February last year No, I will not protect you, in fact I would encourage [the Russians] to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay,
If the people making those speeches were women, they would have been called all sorts of bad names,
Europe will almost certainly be stuck with the bill for Ukraine’s reconstruction, and may also be stuck with the bill for prosecuting the war, ie $70-100bn a year,
said the Romanian analyst The world we are living in does not respect weakness, weak countries… I’m not sure this world still respects international law,
said a second parliamentarian If the US continues to say what Vance said at Munich, they are facing a disaster,
said a Ukrainian former cabinet member China’s plan was to divide the American alliance and to cause the Americans to pull away from their networks,
said a Finnish China expert Is the United States still seen as a reliable partner?”
asked another parliamentarian from Kyiv
