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Hopefully they’ll do the right thing,
Trump told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte It's not going to happen. We'll make sure it doesn't happen,
The situation on the ground is changing fast. Yesterday, in his report, the northern group partner told me: tomorrow Sudzha will be ours. And that’s what happened,
The situation is fully under our control and the group that invaded our territory has been isolated, fully isolated,
We also discussed the NATO issue and made it clear that for Ukraine, it cannot be removed from the agenda,
We agree with the proposals to halt the fighting, but we proceed from the assumption that the ceasefire should lead to lasting peace and remove the root causes of the crisis
I’d love to meet with him and talk to him but we have to get it over with fast,
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office about Putin How will we be guaranteed that nothing like this will happen? Who will give orders to stop hostilities, and what is the price of these orders?”
How would those 30 days be used?”
Putin asked, wondering if Ukraine would continue to mobilise troops, train its soldiers, or receive weapons during that time The idea itself is correct, and we certainly support it,
Putin said in a carefully worded message during a news conference in Moscow In these conditions, I believe it would be good for the Ukrainian side to secure a ceasefire for at least 30 days,
Ukraine is committed to moving quickly toward peace, and we are prepared to do our part in creating all of the conditions for a reliable, durable, and decent peace,
Zelenskyy said in a post on X Thursday We believe that our goal is a long-term peaceful normalization – we are striving for this,
Our position about this is that it’s nothing other than a temporary breathing space for Ukrainian forces and nothing else."
The Russian president's comments echoed ones issued by his top aide earlier in the day when Yuri Ushakov told a Russian reporter This once again demonstrates that Russia seeks to prolong the war and postpone peace for as long as possible. We hope that US pressure will be sufficient to compel Russia to end the war."
We are in favor of it but there are nuances,
Putin said when asked about the 30-day ceasefire deal brokered by the White House The idea [of a ceasefire] itself is correct and we are certainly supporting it, but there are issues that need to be discussed. I think that we need to talk to our American colleagues and partners. Maybe call President Trump and discuss it together. But we support the very idea of ending this conflict through peaceful means,
he said, according to an NBC translation Maybe there will be a ceasefire. But the Russians will use that time to rearm and attack us again,
But you saw what happened. Trump negotiates, and that same evening, the Russians attack us harder than ever,
We are living in a time of change. I would [like to be living in other] times, but unfortunately I [am] living right now,
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