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Why not take free money from the aggressor?"
Gould-Davies said, asking
Claims that there are no legal ways to use Russia's frozen assets are unfounded. Last week, I shared a draft paper with our European partners, offering a clear solution for using frozen assets. Before the June deadline for extending the sanctions imposed on Russia, a political decision must be taken on using frozen assets
In a statement published earlier this week, after reports of the U.S. withdrawing military aid, Estonia's foreign minister pushed for Europe to step upWhen the assets were first frozen — the moment that Russia lost access to them — there was no adverse impact on European economic or financial stability. There is no reason to think that markets, or individual creditor states, would act if Russia permanently and formally lost these assets,
he said
You’ve been there for three years. You should have ended it. ... You should have never started it. You could have made a deal."
In February, Mr Trump seemingly blamed Kyiv for being at war with Russia, as he said
Poroshenko’s people and Yulia, they’re all talking to Trump World, positioning themselves as people who would be easier to work with. And people who would consent to many of the things that Zelenskyy is not agreeing to,
Nonetheless ... a top Republican foreign policy expert told POLITICO, asking that his name be withheld so he could speak freely
You would have to prevent me from participating in the elections,
he said, before suggesting, as he has previously,Our narrative is not to push for elections but to secure free and fair competitive post-war elections in our country.”
The press office respondedThey’re trying to establish informal connections or use the connections they have with the Republican Party or Trump’s entourage and to indicate their willingness to work with Washington,
he told POLITICOThe elites are feeling very disoriented and shocked because they understand very clearly that without United States support, Ukraine will be defeated,
Bortnik addedWe are seeing some political factions starting to move,
said Ruslan Bortnik, director of the Ukrainian Institute of PoliticsI believe Trump doesn’t care about whether Ukraine has elections or not. It’s Putin’s narrative, Putin’s goal. Trump is being used by Putin to impose elections on Ukraine with only one purpose, to undermine us from within. He wants to remove Zelenskyy because he is a symbol of our resistance. Putin understands that an election campaign during times of war will be destructive for our unity and for our stability,
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This is a once-in-a-generation moment for the security of Europe,
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, calling for a “coalition of the willing.”
Security is so easy, that’s about 2% of the problem,
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Europe knows one thing: the deal, if it happens, is not simply about carving up Ukraine or securing a quick ceasefire … it is about a lasting and secure peace agreement, about existential security issues for all of Europe,
Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to Washington, wrote in Foreign AffairsRussia, as a concerned state and permanent member of the UN Security Council, would have to agree to a deployment,
Major and Kleemann wrote in a paper, yet to be published and shared with CNN.jpg)
Then, on February 18, 2020, Russians launched one of the largest assaults of the war. This is the Kremlin’s pattern: deception, false promises, and escalation,
Svyrydenko saidI don’t think anybody’s going to play around if we’re there with a lot of workers,
he saidUkraine should adopt a neutral, nonaligned status, be nuclear-free, and undergo demilitarization and denazification,
Putin told an audience last summerAt best, a highly unstable situation would obtain, where a renewal of hostilities would be easily possible or even likely,
Marc Weller, a professor of international law at the Cambridge Initiative for Peace Settlements, saidThey won't go to fight today, they won't go to fight on the front line, but they would be there once a peace deal is signed, to guarantee it is fully respected,
he said