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If President Trump has the will to force Putin to come to peace, he can do it,
Zelenskyy continued, ... arguing he hope
We would like to achieve a fair end to this war. We are not afraid. Russia is not that strong, but we don't want to lose more of our lives, men and women,
he told Fox News host Sean Hannity
I believe that guarantees from Europe alone will never be enough,
said ZelenskyyThis is exactly what Putin is afraid of. He doesn't want strong Trump supporting Ukraine because it would be a strong Ukraine,
Zelenskyy said through a translator in an exclusive interview Tuesday on "Hannity."
If (Zelensky) wants to participate in the negotiations, I will allocate people to take part,
Putin said, calling the Ukrainian leader "illegitimate" because his presidential term expired during martial law
They will not exist for a month if the money and, in a broad sense, the bullets run out. Everything would be over in a month and a half or two,
Putin said in comments to a state TV reporterIf there is a desire to negotiate and find a compromise, let anyone lead the negotiations there... Naturally, we will strive for what suits us, what corresponds to our interests,
he addedIf we don't make a 'deal,' and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries,
Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social
Russia's trade with the U.S. is very small — less than $3 billion a year,
he told Danila Galperovich of VOA’s Russian ServiceTrump is a person whose degree of radicalism and unpredictability corresponds to Putin's,
he saidTrump is famous for his good relations with Saudi Arabia, although they are unlikely to be so good that they will reduce oil prices at his request,
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So far, we have not received any signals from the Americans. The readiness remains. The same readiness, as we have heard, remains on the American side,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters
I would really like the European voice to be there as well. It is important for us because we will be members of the European Union. But I can't say clearly today what the structure of the negotiation process will be. Because we do not have a joint plan yet."
He added
Will the war end on 9 May? That's what a supposed document says, outlining Trump's 100-day plan. It's reported #Ukraine was passed the details via EU officials. However there's zero proof the timetable is real and even if it is, it's far from being achieved. #StandWithUkraine."
Journalist Tim White wrote on X on SundayRussia's war is against Ukraine, against Europe, against the whole world, but above all, the war is waged on our land. It is impossible to exclude Ukraine from any negotiating platform. Either this negotiating platform will have no real results, or it will have only political results. And such results will have nothing to do with security or the end of the war."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the media on SaturdayNo ‘100-day peace plan’ as reported by the media exists in reality,
he wrote
All of that being said, I'm going to do Russia, whose economy is failing, and President Putin a very big favor,
Trump said in his public negotiation on Truth Social
I can't help but agree with (Trump) that if his victory had not been stolen in 2020, then maybe there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that arose in 2022,
Putin said during the TV appearanceWe believe the current president's statements about his readiness to work together. We are always open to this and ready for negotiations,
Putin said Friday during the interview
We don’t want to live in Putin’s world,
Matviichuk said