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We agree with the proposals to cease hostilities,
Putin told reporters at a news conference in the Kremlin following talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko To those (companies) who want to return, we say: Welcome, welcome at any moment,
Putin said, using the English word welcome How can we and how will we be guaranteed that nothing like this will happen? How will control (of the ceasefire) be organised?"
If we stop hostilities for 30 days, what does that mean? That everyone who is there will leave without a fight?,
We’re getting word that things are maybe going OK in Russia.” ... But, ... it doesn’t mean anything until we hear what the final outcome is. But they have very serious discussions going on right now with President Putin and others, and hopefully they all want to end this nightmare.”
It seemed enough to mollify Trump, who told reporters ... he cautioned I don’t want to talk about that.”
On Thursday, when a reporter asked Trump about his leverage with Putin, he demurred We know where we are with Ukraine and we are getting good signals outside of Russia as to where we are with Russia,
We need to discuss this with our American partners, maybe we need to have a phone conversation with President Trump,
Trump came in, the money started coming in like we never saw before,
Trump said, eliciting a nod and an audible “yeah” from Rutte, who has long earned a reputation in Europe as a “Trump whisperer” for his ability to sweet talk the U.S. president Who gets that power plant?”
We would like to see a ceasefire from Russia,
He put out a very promising statement, but it wasn’t complete,
Trump told reporters at the White House while meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte First of all, I would like to start with words of gratitude to the president of the United States, Mr. Trump, for paying so much attention to the Ukraine settlement. All of us have lots on our plates, but many state leaders, the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, the Prime Minister of India, the president of Brazil, and the South African Republic devote a lot of time to this issue. We are thankful to them because it’s all for the noble cause of stopping hostilities and preventing human casualties,
The world under the water is so strange and mysterious,
If you make him unhappy, he responds unhappy,
Putin often does this — he doesn't say 'no' directly, but he does it in such a way that he practically only delays everything and makes normal solutions impossible. We think that this is all just another Russian manipulation,
We do not set conditions that complicate anything. Russia does that,
It is feasible to ensure this with American capabilities, European capabilities. And to prepare answers to all the questions about long-term security and real, reliable peace during the ceasefire and put a plan to end the war on the table,
Trump is right to send military aid and intelligence to Ukraine. It’s time to confiscate Russian assets and do real and hard sanctions on all Russian exports,
President Trump graciously offered Putin a way out of this insanity. Problem is Putin does not want peace, he wants Ukraine.”
Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) echoed the Texas senator’s comments, saying