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There will be a price to pay for past decisions."
Russia's Industry and Trade minister, Anton Alikhanov, told reporters on Thursday We will clear for our market the ones of interest for ourselves,
Any peace Mr. Putin strikes has to be made with all of his legacy of destruction in mind,
We realize that the ruthless men who rule much of the world can’t be ignored. But usually those men aren’t rewarded with a visit to the U.S., as Mr. Trump hinted last week, before they’ve made any compromises,
The better strategy than beating up Ukraine is making clear to Mr. Putin the arms and pressure he’ll face if the Russian doesn’t wind down the war to accept a durable peace,
Last week Mr. Trump said Ukraine can’t join NATO and must give up much of its territory to Russia—concessions to Mr. Putin with nothing in return,
A peace agreement that is broadly favourable to all sides would have macroeconomic benefits: it could set the basis for a modest pick-up in some Russian pipeline gas flows to Europe [and] the easing of Western sanctions on Russia,
he noted in emailed comments The decision by the U.S. and Russia to 'lay the groundwork' to end the war in Ukraine marks a potentially significant turning point after three years of conflict,
Liam Peach, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, said in a note Tuesday In general, as I was told, it [the mood] was very friendly. On the American side, there were entirely different people who were open to the negotiation process without any bias, without any prejudice to what was done in the past,
he said in comments translated by NBC News For now, it is necessary to clean up the legacy of the Biden administration, which did everything to destroy ... the very foundation of long-term partnership between our countries,
Lavrov said, commenting on the possibility of strategic cooperation between Russia and United States, Russian state news agency Tass reported Reports of 4,000 North Korean casualties in the past three months have not hampered Pyongyang's determination to fight. North Korean troops pulled back from the front lines in January, but they are now back after additional training. Combat units are becoming smaller to minimize exposure to Ukrainian drones. North Korean missiles used in the war are also becoming more accurate. North Korea is learning, and it is learning fast."
Khang Vu, visiting scholar in the Political Science Department at Boston College, wrote in an article for the Lowy Institute think tank Wednesday I think people are going to be surprised at how many people, not only soldiers, have been killed in Ukraine."
Russia wants to do something. They want to stop the savage barbarianism. I mean, what's going on over there? Its soldiers are being killed by the thousands on a weekly basis—it's ridiculous,
In the worst case scenario, Ukraine will keep fighting. If their defenses crumble, I don't think that the American people want to see those pictures on television and to be held responsible,
Russia has won Round One,
U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat who is a co-chair of the bipartisan House Ukraine caucus, told Reuters I think I have the power to end this war,
Just a practical reality is that there is going to be some discussion of territory and there's going to be discussion of security guarantees,
I was briefed (on the talks). I rate them highly, there is a result,
Putin said at a drone factory in Saint Petersburg Russia wants to do something,
No one is excluding Ukraine,
Putin said in a televised meeting with journalists in Saint Petersburg,
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