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There is this atmosphere of celebration here that having lost the Cold War, more than 30 years on, Russia feels it's turning the tables on the West with this new relationship with America."
He told Newshour
The Western system is collapsing like a house of cards
Russian politician Vyacheslav Nikonov told the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaperRussia cannot conceal its malicious pleasure."
An academic was quoted in the same paperI think the Russians believe that Moscow is building a new relationship with Washington with the Trump administration, and that Donald Trump would prefer to get on with building this relationship with Russia rather than standing by Ukraine".
He addedWhen you read the russian newspapers here they are celebratory".
The BBC's Russia editor in Moscow Steve Rosenberg told the corporation's Newshour radio programmeThe Russians have been very dismissive of the London summit
he saidThe only President who gave none of
the president wrote on Truth Social on Monday morning
Zelensky's got to say, 'I want to make peace.' He doesn't have to stand there and say 'PUTIN THIS, PUTIN THAT'—all negative things. He's got to say, 'I don't want to fight a war any longer.'
Trump, speaking to the press about the meeting, said
Trump and Vance are doing Putin's dirty work. Senate Democrats will never stop fighting for freedom and democracy."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, following Trump and Zelensky's meeting, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer wroteAs a result of these days, we see clear support from Europe. Even more unity, even more willingness to cooperate. Everyone is united on the main issue—for peace to be real, we need real security guarantees..."
Ukrainian President Zelensky wrote on X on Sunday
We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering our country – so that we don’t end up like Europe!"
Writing on his website Truth Social, Mr Trump saidYou see the hatred he’s got for Putin. It’s very tough for me to make a deal with that kind of hate.”
Said Trump to the crowd in the Oval Office
People are saying Russia is winning. Putin is on the inside now.”
But The Guardian reported an unnamed source, familiar with the Hegseth memo, as saying
I don’t know if we’ll ever be successful at peeling them completely off a relationship with the Chinese … But I do think we’re in a situation now where the Russians have become increasingly dependent on the Chinese, and that’s not a good outcome.”
Rubio gave some credence to this last weekTrump has adopted the Russian talking point that Ukraine is on the ropes and can’t win.”
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My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the US,
said Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich MerzThe Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network, the Australia-UK-US consortium to build nuclear-powered submarines for Australia, and the export-control rules designed to keep rogue states from acquiring weapons of mass destruction – are all at risk,
he writes in The Wall Street JournalThis is going to be great television.”
As Trump said in the closing lineIf you didn’t have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks.”
Said Trump to ZelenskyTrump opens his mouth and Putin comes out.”
The professor of strategic studies at Scotland’s St Andrew’s University, Phillips O’Brien, put it this way