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Everyone needs to understand that Ukraine will never recognise whatever is occupied by Russia as Russian territories,
I want to thank the academy for recognizing a truly independent film,
We consider your expectations regarding showing respect and gratitude for the material assistance provided by the United States to Ukraine in its fight with Russia to be offensive,
We watched your conversation with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy with horror and distaste,
These guarantees are unconditional: there is not a word there about treating such aid as economic exchange,
There will be intense work in the coming days,
an EU official, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the discussions but is part of the preparations for Thursday's meeting, told CNBC Monday The reset has to consist of the United States and Ukraine getting back on the same page, President Zelenskyy giving his unequivocal backing to the initiative that President Trump is taking to end the war and to bring a just and lasting peace to Ukraine,
No agreement has been made on what a truce looks like, so I don’t recognize the precise part that you mentioned there,
Pollard, the U.K. armed forces minister told Times Radio Monday morning when pressed on Macron’s comments What is Mandelson up to? You cannot square what the prime minister said this morning with this. What is the government’s actual position? Our man in DC should be securing US protection for our brave Ukrainian allies, not telling President Zelenskyy what to do.”
Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, tweeted The UK ambassador to Washington isn’t meant to communicate his own opinion, he is meant to communicate the UK government opinion. Lammy and Starmer need to grip this.”
James Cleverly, a former Conservative foreign secretary, said That’s not government policy.”
Asked if Mandelson had been incorrect with his comments, Pollard said If there is NATO and the war is over, it means I fulfilled my mission,
We need peace, not endless war,
In the near future, all of us in Europe will shape our common positions — the lines we must achieve and the lines we cannot compromise on,
There won't be European troops on Ukrainian soil in the coming weeks."
We are at a crossroads in history today. This is not a moment for more talk. It’s time to act. Time to step up and lead and to unite around a new plan for a just and enduring peace.”
If we cannot be accepted to Nato, ... we need some clear structure of security guarantees from our allies in the US.”
Zelenskyy wrote in a statement We will never accept just [a] ceasefire. It will not work without security guarantees.”
The Ukrainian president stated flatly I’m not going to make security guarantees beyond very much,
We are worthy of an equal dialog,
Zelenskiy said Sunday in London after attending a security summit of European leaders meant to rally support for Ukraine