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The topics within the scope of our strategic partnership relations with Ukraine occupied an important place in our agenda with Zelensky. We discussed the steps we can take in the coming period to further strengthen our trade relations."
On bilateral relations, he said With the experience of our companies, we will do our best for the reconstruction of Ukraine in the post-war period.”
We also talked about our bilateral relations, economic issues, cooperation between our societies in education, various projects, food security, and work on the return of our prisoners held by Russia,
the Ukrainian president said We hosted direct negotiations between the two countries (Russia and Ukraine) in Istanbul in March 2022. As a result of our contacts with the parties, we launched the Black Sea Grain Initiative. In the last three years, we have made direct initiatives with Russia and Ukraine at all levels. In all these efforts, we have sincerely endeavored to be a reliable mediator for both sides, and we have achieved concrete results,
You have leadership now that's allowed a war to go on that should have never even happened, even without the United States,
Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida Tuesday – You should have ended it – three years, you should have never started it,
he said, appearing to blame Zelensky for Russia's 2022 invasion I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well. But today I heard 'Oh, well, we weren't invited'. Well, you've been there for three years. You should have ended it three years,
Trump said during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine, where the leader in Ukraine, I mean, I hate to say it, but he's down at 4% approval rating,
I believe President Zelensky said last week that he doesn't know where half of the money is that we gave him,
The talks were very good,
Trump later said from Mar-a-Lago They had a seat at the table for three years,
During martial law, elections are impossible to hold [...] The leaders of all parties have agreed that elections will not be held until at least six months after the end of martial law,
It is very important for Kellogg to come to Ukraine. Then he would understand the people and all our circumstances,
Zelenskyy said, in comments to The Guardian All the frontrunners in the election will be pro-Western, pro-European candidates who want to defend the country against Russia and probably agree on most matters, including on foreign affairs and defense, but have their own kind of domestic political issues where they differ,
Zelensky is unlikely to win the elections, if they were to be held in Ukraine, because his popularity dropped significantly at the end of 2024,
said Russian-born U.S. intelligence expert Rebekah Koffler The only people that come anywhere close to Zelenskyy in the polls are people like General Zaluzhnyi, with really established, patriotic credentials in Ukraine,
said Henry Hale, professor at George Washington University who specializes in public opinion in Ukraine A lot of people who are actually critical of him would still vote for him, just so as not to risk changing horses in midstream,
The only person that benefits from elections before there's a durable peace deal is Putin,
said Andrew D’Anieri, fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center Zelenskyy's prospects to win the elections are contingent upon the exact terms of the ceasefire, namely, the public perception of them as a ‘victory,’ ‘honorable draw’ or ‘defeat,’
said Ivan Gomza, public policy professor at the Kyiv School of Economics The Russians, in turn, will almost certainly run clandestine operations to influence the elections in order to elect a pro-Russian candidate,
