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We know him, and this is the issue. So it's not about telling him how good Ukraine is and how it deserves his support. It doesn't make sense, because that's not how he thinks,
[Putin] wants to avoid upsetting Donald Trump. That's his strategy. He does not want a deal. He does not want a strip of Ukrainian land. He does not want Ukrainian NATO. He wants no Ukraine. He wants Ukraine not to exist. And there should be no illusions about that,
I affirmed Ukraine's willingness to achieve peace through strength and our vision for the necessary steps,
Sybiha said on social media platform X, I don't think he cares. Okay, let me put it even simpler. I believe he doesn't care. I believe he does not care about any single country in the world except the United States,
he told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick Thursday They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal,
Waltz told Fox News, referring to a critical minerals deal in which Trump proposed to Ukraine that You can already see very different tones and approaches on both sides. And the fact that the United States delegation seems so excited is a bit weird. I think they need to slow down, because they have to understand the side they're working with,
Make no mistake about it, that invasion was the responsibility of one human being on the face of this planet. It was Vladimir Putin.”
Thom Tillis, R-N.C. said in an interview Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.”
In Washington there was some pushback including from Former Vice President Mike Pence who in a direct message to Trump on X wrote Despite the highest dependence on Washington, it [Ukraine] deliberately struck at the assets of American companies, which have already suffered significant losses as a result of the attack."
Others dallied and dithered slightly. Britain stood up; all parties and all politicians stood behind Ukraine and so did the people of the United Kingdom,
You can just always feel it, the people who have left, they feel this guilt … like they can never be as good as people who have stayed,
Ukrainians do not have the luxury of falling into despair,
Olga Onuch said, when asked about the mood of expats watching the future of their war-torn country being decided from afar If Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, he goes further and he destabilises the rest of the European continent,
It’s an existential question of the survival of their homeland. This is not a simple thing that tomorrow someone agrees and then it’s done,
Large portions of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States who are American citizens, maybe for generations, did support the Republican party and Trump because they were expecting a harder stance,
It would be funny if you ignore the fact thousands of people are losing lives, losing limbs,
We have tens of thousands of Ukrainians who are refugees in our city because of Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine,
the mayor said during an interview with LBC on Wednesday (19 February). They are actually about the same as Trump’s. Trump’s statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action.
The US believes Belgium, France and other countries are blocking. It’s absurd. We need to get serious and fast.”
The former PM later added It's a very, very negative trend, but I have no influence over it,
said Havrylov, the former village head in Novopavlivka
