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This is an additional signal to Putin that he should also be interested in a ceasefire in the air,
said Andriy Kovalenko, a national security council official responsible for countering disinformation
Hopefully, we'll have a good meeting and good news to report,
Rubio saidI´m not saying that alone is enough, but it´s the kind of concession you would need to see in order to end the conflict,
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There are no (peace) negotiations yet, so there is nothing to disrupt here."
Asked whether the overnight drone attack could derail peace talks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said
We are ready to do everything to achieve peace,
Ukrainian presidency chief of staff Andriy Yermak told reporters as he entered Tuesday's meeting at a luxury hotelIt is absolutely impossible to talk about positions yet,
he saidPutin has made very clear that Ukraine is not his final stop on his campaign to the imperial past,
Mr Brekelmans said
The meeting has begun very constructively,
Andriy Yermak, Mr Zelensky's chief of staff who is leading the Ukrainian delegation, wrote on Telegram,It’s time we let Putin wake up to the fact that his dreams do not match reality,
he added
We’re getting there.”
Emerging for a break after more than two hours of talks, Mr. Waltz said
We don’t know how far apart they truly are,
he said, referring to Ukraine and RussiaThe decision is up to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief [Putin], but I think it would not be unreasonable [to launch the Oreshnik] - better yet, more than one.”
Col-Gen Andrey Kartapolov, 61, said
The meeting with the US team started very constructively, and we are working to bring about a just and lasting peace,
said Yermak, who is Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff
I’m not going to set any conditions on what they have to or need to do,
Rubio told reporters accompanying him
The Russians can't conquer all of Ukraine and obviously it will be very difficult for Ukraine in any reasonable time period to force the Russians all the way back to where they were back in 2014,
Rubio said, referring to when Russia seized the Crimea peninsula and backed a separatist offensive in eastern Ukraine
We do have a proposal for a ceasefire in the sky and ceasefire at sea,
a Ukrainian official told AFP on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymityThe leaders exchanged views on the formats of security guarantees and what they should be for Ukraine so that war does not return again,
it added
I think both sides need to come to an understanding that there’s no military solution to this situation,
he said
The Defense Ministry's air defense continues to repel a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow,
Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram
They will sign the minerals deal but I want them to want peace... They haven't shown it to extent they should,
he added