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I spoke with U.S. Senator @LindseyGrahamSC. We greatly appreciate the bicameral and bipartisan support of the US Congress to the Ukrainian people in our fight against the Russian aggression. As always, Senator Graham is constructive and doing a lot to help bring peace closer. It's all-important that security guarantees remain on the table—and that they work for Ukraine, for real and lasting peace. Thank you for your support."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday I think the Russians want to see the war end, I really do. But I think they have the cards a little bit, because they've taken a lot of territory. So they have the cards."
Trump on Wednesday night told BBC on Air Force One Ukrainians in shock after Trump's virulent attacks on Zelensky,
Trump appals world with 'dictator' blast at Volodymyr Zelensky, ... Trump deepens rift with Ukraine by labelling Zelenskyy 'a dictator.'
The English right-leaning paper The Daily Mail wrote ... while the left-leaning The Guardian wrote Of course a country undergoing a violent invasion should not be staging elections. There was no general election in the UK from 1935 to 1945." ... Trump's statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action."
Johnson also refuted Trump's remarks about Zelensky being a dictator and said ... Johnson went on to defend Trump, and said Of course Ukraine didn't start the war. You might as well say that America attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor,
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who attended Trump's inauguration in January, wrote on X, formerly Twitter ... in reference to Japan's surprise strike in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 Indeed, as a share of GDP it looks to be harsher than what the victorious allies imposed on Germany in the Peace of Versailles after World War I, ... To squeeze the war-crippled country for all we can, simply because we can, would be despicable."
The outlet wrote of Trump's proposed deal ... and added We realize that the ruthless men who rule much of the world can’t be ignored. But usually those men aren’t rewarded with a visit to the U.S., as Mr. Trump hinted last week, before they’ve made any compromises,
The better strategy than beating up Ukraine is making clear to Mr. Putin the arms and pressure he’ll face if the Russian doesn’t wind down the war to accept a durable peace,
Any peace Mr. Putin strikes has to be made with all of his legacy of destruction in mind,
Last week Mr. Trump said Ukraine can’t join NATO and must give up much of its territory to Russia—concessions to Mr. Putin with nothing in return,
A peace agreement that is broadly favourable to all sides would have macroeconomic benefits: it could set the basis for a modest pick-up in some Russian pipeline gas flows to Europe [and] the easing of Western sanctions on Russia,
he noted in emailed comments The decision by the U.S. and Russia to 'lay the groundwork' to end the war in Ukraine marks a potentially significant turning point after three years of conflict,
Liam Peach, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, said in a note Tuesday In general, as I was told, it [the mood] was very friendly. On the American side, there were entirely different people who were open to the negotiation process without any bias, without any prejudice to what was done in the past,
he said in comments translated by NBC News For now, it is necessary to clean up the legacy of the Biden administration, which did everything to destroy ... the very foundation of long-term partnership between our countries,
Lavrov said, commenting on the possibility of strategic cooperation between Russia and United States, Russian state news agency Tass reported I rate [the negotiations] highly, there is a result,
We can do it the easy way, or the hard way ... It’s time to ‘MAKE A DEAL’.”
In a social media post last month, Trump wrote
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