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It is not clear for me why European countries should participate in negotiations on Ukraine,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday You know it used to be sort of not good to speak to the aggressor during the war, but the talks about the need for renewal of negotiations had been there for quite some time,
Ukraine will not take part in the negotiations. Ukraine did not know they were planned. And the visit to the region was planned long before the U.S. decided to meet Russia there,
So, once again, my visits have nothing in common with those talks. Although when I arrive in Saudi Arabia I will ask his majesty what he knows about the topics of the talks,
However, if the war were to become ‘frozen’ and Russia no longer had to suffer significant losses during the active hostilities in Ukraine, Moscow would be able to increase its military presence next to the NATO’s northeastern flank, including the Baltics, within the next five years,
Russia is likely to be more willing to use military force in a regional war against one or more European NATO countries if it perceives NATO as militarily weakened or politically divided,
I think he wants to stop fighting.”
I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never,
Zelenskyy told moderator Kristen Welker while in Germany for the Munich Security Conference on Friday I think the president has this chance, and he’s strong, and I think that really he can push Putin to peace negotiations,
It will be very, very, very difficult,
They failed miserably. So we’re not going to go down that path.”
Referring to efforts led by France and Germany back during the Obama administration, Kellogg said during a Saturday event attended by top diplomats and prime ministers I think he [Putin] will not attack with missiles such factories where we are partners with America,
There are risks that this can be Poland and Lithuania because we believe – we believe that Putin will wage war against Nato,
he said during the interview with Kristen Welker And even if I will look at the army of Russia, if they will see it that they, Russia, have 220 or 250 brigades, and Europe has 50. That is the answer. The risk that Russia will occupy Europe is 100 per cent,
I said that [Putin] is a liar,
Zelenskyy recounted of his phone call to Trump We want the killing to stop, but we want to achieve a durable, lasting peace, not the kind of peace that’s going to have eastern Europe in conflict just a couple years down the road,
I trust President Trump because he's the president of the United States, because your people, your people voted for him, and I respect their choice, and I will work the President Trump with trust, which I have to the United States,
[I]t's out of constitution [unconstitutional] to recognize our occupied territory [as the] territory of Russia. We will never do it. It's not about – it's not about any negotiations. We will never speak about it,
said Zelensky in his interview Sunday Fundamentally, the goal is as President (Donald) Trump outlined it: We want the war to come to a close,
I don't see any way that a country in Russia's position could allow them, just in their position, could allow them to join NATO. I don't see that happening,
Trump added at a press gaggle
