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I am very serious [about a ceasefire] and for me it is important to end the war,
Mr Zelensky said during a briefing in Kyiv, where he described the resumption of US aid and intelligence in the wake of the talks in Jeddah as “very positive”.
A ceasefire agreement from us at least means that we are back talking to the Americans and they have given us access to the intelligence we need. Kursk shows what happens when we don’t have it
A senior Ukrainian ministerial adviser said of the situation on the ground and a potential truceThe whole world will see who really wants to end the war and who is simply playing for time,
he wrote on Telegram
We don't think it's constructive to stand here today and say what we're going to do if Russia says no,
Rubio saidThey will also certainly try to use provocations to try to transfer blame for any breakdown in the ceasefire to the other side,
the former ambassador said
What for us, Ukraine or the US is 30 days could be just 30 minutes for Russia.”
One senior official from Lithuania – one the Baltic nations which fears Mr Putin’s invasion could be extended to their border – saidThat's what we want to know - whether they're prepared to do it unconditionally."
Asked whether Russia could accept the ceasefire unconditionally, Mr Rubio saidUkraine's Armed Forces are leaving Kursk. There will be no Ukrainian soldier there by Friday."
Skadovskyi Defender, a Ukrainian military blogger, posted on Telegram[Putin’s] demands will be maximal and I don’t see how Ukraine can meet them,
he said, suggestingPutin has a strong position because Russia is advancing,
the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, saidEverything depends now on whether Russia is willing to do so, … or is it rather willing to continue killing people,
he said
Hopefully President Putin will agree to that also, and we can get this show on the road,
Trump told reporters at the White House Tuesday
It’s quite a smart move by the Ukrainians,
said Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at RANDThere is a reference to Ukraine’s security there. This indicates that the topic was discussed,
he said
We also got into substantive details on how this war is going to permanently end, what type of guarantees they’re going to have for their long-term security and prosperity,
Mr. Waltz said
We don’t know how far apart they truly are,
he said, referring to Ukraine and RussiaI think there is a very clear difference between the war, as seen by President Trump, as something which makes no sense, something which needs to be stopped as soon as possible, and the war as seen from Moscow, where it is an existential conflict, where a lot of crucial issues for Russia's security and very existence are at stake,
said Baev
I think the deeply insulting thing for many Europeans is to be disregarded,
Kristine Berzina, managing director for Geostrategy North at the German Marshall Fund, told DWThere's all sorts of theories about [why the US is engaging with Russia], from Trump's businesses having interacted with Russian oligarchs and funding Russian money laundering, to Russia interfering in the 2016 election and helping Trump, to Trump having just an affinity for strong-man leaders like Putin,
Bergmann told DWEurope needs to take more responsibility for strengthening the security in Europe,
Pavel Baev, a senior fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institute, told DW