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If Crimea remains in Russian hands, Russia will use it to dominate the Black Sea aggressively and to attack Ukraine again,
said a Romanian analyst
No, I will not protect you, in fact I would encourage [the Russians] to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay,
he said to cheersIf the people making those speeches were women, they would have been called all sorts of bad names,
said the parliamentarianEurope 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 analystOne 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 yearThe world we are living in does not respect weakness, weak countries… I’m not sure this world still respects international law,
said a second parliamentarianChina’s plan was to divide the American alliance and to cause the Americans to pull away from their networks,
said a Finnish China expertIs the United States still seen as a reliable partner?”
asked another parliamentarian from KyivNo one knows if NATO will be present if things actually happen,
said one Ukrainian parliamentarian whose husband was fighting on the front linesEurope is waking from a warm bath,
he concludedIf the US continues to say what Vance said at Munich, they are facing a disaster,
said a Ukrainian former cabinet memberI have been in Mariupol in 2022 and have experienced torture,
said a Ukrainian woman who has served on the front linesIt’s about creating a coherent threat perception across society, about having all reservists and military industry ready and on board, attending exercises, etc,
said the expertIn 1985, West Germany had 600,000 troops, France 200,000. The Soviet Union was deterred by Germany and France. The US only provided a nuclear umbrella. After the Cold War this changed, and it was a mistake,
he saidNot the least of the problems is bank transfers, which they are trying to limit for us,
the Russian Foreign Minister added
The first is probably the most urgent and certainly not the most difficult. This is to ensure the earliest possible appointment of Russian ambassadors to the United States and the United States to Russia. To remove the obstacles that for many years, primarily from the administration of [former US President Joe] Biden, have been primarily built on the direction of our diplomatic missions, seriously complicating their work,
Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russia's state-owned Tass news agency while announcing the agreements reached during the meetingWe want to partner with the US to deliver a just and lasting peace for Ukraine,
von der Leyen wrote on social media after meeting Kellogg in Brussels
February 2025 shows us that the Americans no longer feel responsible for European security – and that their interests are fundamentally different from ours,
Puglierin said
We have a series of proposals, which our colleagues are thinking about. And I think that there will, possibly, be progress in the not so distant future, in the next two-three months,
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It is worth noting that a refusal to accept Kyiv into NATO is not enough,
Zakharova said