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Here's the bottom line, President Zelenskiy is going to sign that deal, and you will see that in the very short term."
A few hours later Waltz told the Conservative Political Action Conference on the outskirts of Washington I've had very good talks with Putin, and I've had not such good talks with Ukraine,
I suggested to President Zelenskiy to remain committed to the course of calm and constructive cooperation with Donald Trump,
Duda wrote on the X social media platform By the end of this all, we are going to have the Nobel Peace Prize sitting next to the name of Donald J. Trump,
the US president's national security adviser said And that is good for Ukraine. What better could you have for Ukraine than to be in an economic partnership with the United States?"
I can't sell our state."
But Zelensky had refused the offer, saying We presented the Ukrainians really an incredible, and a historic opportunity,
Nothing is off the negotiating table,
claimed US Vice-President JD Vance Ukrainians feel like they are the only adults left in the room,
Sasha Dovzhyk, director of the Institute for Documentation and Exchange, told Paula Newton on CNN International If you were to get a ceasefire, then a ceasefire is just time for Putin to take a rest and rearm and come back and get the rest of what he wants,
The agreement is not ready to protect us or our interests,
he told reporters, noting President Trump is obviously very frustrated right now with President Zelensky,
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said on Thursday We are not new to this fight; the only addition is that currently we are facing aggression and misinformation from another side — which is the side of our great ally the United States of America.”
Whoever believes that there is any space for Vladimir Putin and the future of a stable globe, better go to Ukraine, they better go to Europe.” ... They better invest the time to understand that this man is a cancer and the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. And it will be a cancer that spreads into the South China Sea, into Taiwan and metastasized across the globe.”
North Carolina’s Thom Tillis ... Tillis went on about Putin Ukraine is ready for a strong, effective investment and security agreement with the President of the United States. We have proposed the fastest and most constructive way to achieve results,
They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal,
You really need to sign this,
Bessent reportedly told Zelensky during their meeting In total, the United States separately gave us about 67 billion U.S. dollars in weapons, and we received 31.5 billion dollars in budget support, ... But one cannot count up to 500 billion dollars and say, 'give us back 500 billion dollars in minerals,' that's not a serious discussion."