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They don’t shoot at us much,
Nikolaevna said, adding ... referring to the Ukrainian troops Putin doesn’t care about peace deal or no peace deal,
he said as he walked with a cane after a Russian drone strike hit his leg We're putting the pieces together to understand what's going on over there,
said Piotr Andriushchenko, former deputy mayor of Mariupol and director of the Center for Occupation Studies in Dnipro We've seen already that the Russians are trying to ask some questions [about] if those sanctions should be lifted, at least some of them, which gives us better understanding of what sanctions are most painful. It's always good to know what is the most painful, and we have to use this leverage wisely."
Sanctions have a clear goal—if it's achieved, they can be adjusted. But lifting Western sanctions is premature—Russia must take steps first. This might be discussed in the future, but for now, sanctions remain a key pressure tool."
In a post on X, Vlasiuk wrote After verifying the information with Sanctions Commissioner for the President of Ukraine, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, whose words were referenced by the media, the Center reports that, as of today, Ukraine does not support lifting sanctions on russia."
In a series of posts on X, Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation wrote We're going to see if we can work a peace agreement, a ceasefire and peace, and I think we'll be able to do it".
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday The measures taken by companies to prevent the export of their products to Russia have been ineffective, with state regulators and US courts failing to fine or punish companies whose goods were found illegally in Russia, even though they could,
But you would have to prove in court that the company knew or should have known that its products could be used for military purposes,
It’s sort of like hitting a mule with a two-by-four across the nose,
his special envoy on Russia and Ukraine General Keith Kellogg explained They gave Obama the Nobel Prize,
Trump told a Las Vegas rally last October
