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I can't say today what kind of negotiations will take place, what will be the structure of the negotiation process, because we don't have a common plan yet,
I understand that contacts can be in different formats,
Zelenskyy said, referring to possible negotiations that would lead to "a just peace". And such results will have nothing to do with security and the end of the war,
It is impossible to exclude Ukraine from any negotiation platform, or this negotiation platform will not have real results, but will have political results,
Regarding negotiations, we have always said—and I want to emphasize this again—that we are ready for talks on the Ukrainian issue."
Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Friday Putin is once again attempting to obfuscate his unwillingness to participate in good-faith negotiations to end the war by blaming Ukraine for defending itself against Russia's invasion and illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory."
Institute for the Study of War said in a Russian offensive campaign assessment on Friday How can negotiations be resumed now when they have been banned?"
I hadn’t heard that,
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming told The Independent I didn’t see the interview, so I don't know the exact comment, but I do think the principal cause of the Ukraine war was Joe Biden's weakness and appeasement towards Russia,
I think highly of President Zelensky,
Collins told The Independent Well, I didn't watch him, or didn't hear him, so you're telling me something new,
I think that's a whole different scenario with President Trump, because I think, in some ways, I think Putin's a little bit afraid of him and what he might do,
He wants to manipulate the desire of the President of the United States of America to achieve peace,
Zelenskyy said during his daily evening address on social media, I cannot but agree with him that if he had been president – if his victory hadn't been stolen in 2020 — then maybe there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that emerged in 2022."
Praising Trump as a "smart" and "pragmatic" leader, he said We must achieve victory, which will eliminate the Ukrainian state as such. We are, of course, ready to stop military action, but only on terms that ensure our security for many years to come,
he wrote on his Telegram channel Putin does not like public threats. He wants to be spoken to as an equal. It is clear that any deal will take some time.”
A source in the Russian foreign policy establishment said Right now the price is high enough that that war will continue,
he said, referring to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, noting We don’t see anything new here,
Peskov said on Thursday when asked about Trump’s economic ultimatums He shouldn’t have allowed this war to happen,
Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful,
