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Millions of people have died in a War that would not have happened if I were President, but it did happen, so it must end. No more lives should be lost! I want to thank President Putin for his time and effort with respect to this call, and for the release, yesterday, of Marc Fogel, a wonderful man that I personally greeted last night at the White House. I believe this effort will lead to a successful conclusion, hopefully soon!"
President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on Wednesday Every night, Russia carries out such attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure and cities. Russia continues to expand its army and shows no change in its deranged, anti-human state rhetoric. This means that Putin is definitely not preparing for negotiations—he is preparing to continue deceiving the world. That is why there must be unified pressure from all who value life—pressure on the aggressor. Russia must be held accountable for its actions."
I said to him that he is a liar,
Zelensky said he told Trump about Putin, I don't think we should believe the claims of either of those men."
In response to Trump's claims that It's becoming increasingly clear that the Trump regime is turning away from our allies in order to embrace our enemies. They are dismantling our institutions and rule of law for the sole purpose of protecting and enriching a small kabul of extremely rich, extremely corrupt and extremely anti-american traitors,
Putin has made a lot of mistakes in starting the war and conducting the war and everything else,
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Jim Risch (R-Idaho) told Fox News People in the administration know you don’t say before your first meeting what you will agree to and what you won’t agree to,
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker said in an interview with POLITICO at the Munich Security Conference They express concern about the mixed messages coming out of this administration,
Trump is stronger than Putin,
he said Friday at the Munich conference It doesn’t matter to me who Trump calls, or when he calls,
The good news is everybody’s talking about getting together to talk,
In Ukraine we watch this in frustration. Unlike in the Middle East, in our case Trump is pressing America's ally and not its adversary,
says Andriy Taranov, a board member of Ukraine's public broadcasting company Some European countries are making it clear that the Trump administration's position is not really acceptable,
If he's willing to abandon Ukraine's right to territorial integrity and its right to independent foreign policy, what demands is he still able to make of Putin?"
I do not share the opinion that the US will negotiate with Russia without Ukraine,
said Volodymyr Fesenko, CEO of Penta, a center for political studies in Kyiv It's as if Trump has been hypnotized by Putin,
commented Oleksiy Melnyk from the Razumkov Center, a public policy think tank in Kyiv That's why the press releases were coordinated,
Putin will demand the limitation of Ukraine's military potential, that no Western weapons or troops be stationed in Ukraine. He will aim to restrict Ukraine's path to joining the EU and NATO, and seek the amendment of the Ukraine's constitution to make Russian an official language, and try to impose federalization."
Looking ahead, the former foreign minister believes Before even entering into negotiations, he played all the cards he should have saved so he could play them gradually, one by one. It makes you wonder which concessions he'll still be willing to make,
At such a difficult time for Ukraine, I wish the president would follow the example of our European partners, who issued a joint statement demanding Europe's participation in future negotiations,
