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ISW continues to assess that Putin remains uninterested in good-faith negotiations that require compromises and thinks that he can achieve his war objectives militarily in the medium- to long-term."
Ukraine has its internationally recognized borders,
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgiy Tykhy said It's really laughable to see them referring to their constitution" to justify the annexations
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 The first contacts with the new U.S. administration give some hope. There is a mutual desire to work on restoring relations,
Putin said at a meeting of the FSB security agency No one expects decisions to be easy and quick. But with the political will of the two countries, with the willingness to listen and hear each other, we will be able to get through this working process,
The plan of the Russian occupiers in these areas has remained unchanged for more than three years, namely, to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk region,
The enemy is conducting intense offensive actions in this area, trying to break through the defences of our troops and capture three settlements,
Oleksandr Syrskyi, chief of Ukraine's armed forces, wrote on Facebook Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Pokrovsk direction on February 25 but did not advance."
The Institute for the Study of War said on Tuesday
