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Ukraine survived for three years and Russia is still fighting for some villages in the Donbas. It’s a miracle,
said one senior security source Our position is that during a war there is no room for politics and especially not for elections,
said Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, an MP from the Fatherland party of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and a former head of the SBU security agency The earlier we get to the table the worse the outcome will be,
said Vadym Prystaiko, a former foreign minister Those who are helping us to save Ukraine will [have the chance to] renovate it, with their businesses together with Ukrainian businesses. All these things we are ready to speak about in detail,
Security guarantees without America are not real security guarantees,
How can a deal about Ukraine be made without Ukraine? How could such an agreement ever be explained to the families of the thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who have fallen defending the integrity of their homeland?”
It made people quite upset,
It’s an internal question… nobody, not even someone with a very serious position, can just say, ‘I want elections tomorrow.’ That’s the sovereign right of Ukraine and Ukrainians,
Will the elections be only when we’ve solved everything in 20 years’ time? No. But we cannot just shout loudly, ‘We want elections.’ Let’s be honest, today our people would see this as something shocking,
People are still not sure what the US wants to do. And I think it would be good if we came out of this conference if they had a clear picture of it,
I’m a school of realism. I think that’s not going to happen.”
Pressed on whether that meant Europeans wouldn’t be included, he said You can have the Ukrainians, the Russians, and clearly the Americans at the table talking,
Kellogg said at an event hosted by a Ukrainian tycoon We need to ensure Ukrainian sovereignty,
This is an existential moment. It’s a moment where Europe has to stand up,
Many, many leaders have talked about Europe needing its own military—an army of Europe,
Of course, we will see more of Putin’s attempts to deceive the world and prolong the war. But real peace is possible—and we must achieve it together: Ukraine, the United States, and Europe. This is about our shared security,
From the UK to Poland, from Finland to Spain—across Europe, there is a clear understanding: we must only grow stronger. The Armed Forces of Europe are needed. A coordinated and strong diplomacy is needed. Close engagement with America is needed. We must be a reliable defender of our own future in Europe, so that on the other side of the Atlantic, the interest in a strong alliance with Europe remains clear,
There’s no way in which we can have discussions or negotiations about Ukraine, Ukraine’s future or European security structure, without Europeans,
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb told the same security conference in Munich The Americans are approaching European capitals and asking how many soldiers they are ready to deploy,
Russia is really a petrostate,
