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I think he is destroying Russia by not making a deal,
Trump said in a stark warning to the dictator
It's therefore important to understand with what and whom we will have to deal, how best to build relations with Washington, how best to maximise opportunities and minimise risks,
he said, speaking at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies, a think-tank in MoscowAnd we will do everything to ensure this. So that we are never ashamed before them, so they know we didn’t repeat the mistakes of the past. Ukraine exists. Ukraine is united. Peaceful. Indivisible,
the president said
Any phone call with Putin was not discussed with me but he said we'll talk and we'll work something out,
he said in reply to a question
Our teams have been in the process of organising the meeting with President Trump. Discussions so far have been very atmospheric, these have been very general meetings. So far we don't have a date,
Zelenskyy told a select media grouping here during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
If leaders are not talking and intelligence services are talking, that would not work for us,
he said while insisting that Russian President Vladimir Putin must come to the tableI'm not sure he has a vision yet of exit from the war... It's important to bring Putin to the table,
he saidAt the same time, it needs to be made clear that we are not equal. We are the victim and Putin is the occupier. We didn't start the war, he did. But we want to finish the war and Trump said he also wants to end the war. But Putin doesn't want to end the war because he has not got what he wanted,
he saidI think Trump is going to call Putin and tell him to end the war. I think Putin will not agree … and I think the Trump team will understand they have to show strength. Show more resolve. And put it all on the table,
Volker said
Not taxpayer money, but there are various ways to do this, including a lend-lease program, including by Europe seizing the €300 billion in Russian assets and using that money to buy U.S. defense equipment,
Volker saidTrump, he told me … he will be doing everything to end the war this year. And I told him, ‘we are your partner,'
Zelenskyy saidI think President Zelenskyy has played it extremely well,
said VolkerUkrainians don’t know what Trump’s gonna do. But they do know what Biden did.”
Ukraine Freedom Project founder Steven Moore, who spent seven years on Capitol Hill, mostly as chief of staff for former Chief Deputy GOP Whip Peter Roskam, saidTrump is a businessman. He knows how to apply pressure,
Zelenskyy told a gathering of reporters Tuesday after delivering a fiery address to the Davos crowd,
What we need now is certainty,
said Maksym Timchenko, the chief executive of DTEK, the top private investor in Ukraine’s energy industryIt might not be good — but it will be much better than under Biden,
said Mylovanov, a former Ukrainian minister, referring to his country’s fate under TrumpThis is what he [Putin] wants. We will not allow this to happen,
Zelenskyy said
We have always been one of the leading countries in relation to the defence of Ukraine. And so you can read into that … But I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves because this has to be enduring.”
He told Sky NewsEurope must establish itself as a strong, global player, as an indispensable player,
the Ukrainian president saidWe all need to unite, ... Europe needs to learn how to fully take care of itself, so the world cannot afford to ignore it”.
he said, adding