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We see that the collective West has partially begun to lose its collectivity, and a fragmentation of the collective West has begun,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said What happened at the White House on Friday, of course, demonstrated how difficult it will be to reach a settlement trajectory around Ukraine,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said It was not a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelenskyy, but obviously a manufactured escalation,
It is very important that someone forces Zelenskyy himself to change his position,
What we need to hear from President Zelenskyy is that he has regret for what happened, he's ready to sign this minerals deal and that he's ready to engage in peace talks,
This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put up with it for much longer! This guy doesn’t want there to be peace as long as he has America’s backing.”
But in ... in a hint the US could be prepared to withdraw military aid to Ukraine, Trump said The plan is clear, we're working, particularly with the French, I've had extensive conversations with president Macron over the last week, intensively over the weekend, talking to Ukraine as well, those are going on at the moment.”
I am committed to it. What we will now do is go through line-by-line the funding and look at our priorities.”
Sir Keir defended the defence spending increase, adding on overseas aid In the meeting they had with Zelensky, [they] stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US – probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”
And in a sideswipe at Sir Keir and other European leaders, he added We've entered a new era, one where the United States prefers to align itself with tyrants like Putin rather than its democratic partners. We need to reduce our dependency on the United States because I say with deep regret that I fear that President Trump is not a reliable ally with respect to Russia."
We have to avoid the mistakes of the past, which is why a security guarantee is so important, a guarantee that we should lead, but need US backing if it’s to act as a proper guarantee."
President Trump and I want to strengthen the relationship between our countries."
I welcome the understanding from our dialogue that our two nations will work together on security arrangements for a lasting peace in Ukraine. I also welcome the president's continued commitment to that peace, which nobody in this House should doubt for a second is sincere,
There are clearly a number of options on the table,
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesman said Such a truce on air, sea and energy infrastructure would allow us to determine whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is acting in good faith when he commits to a truce,
French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday We must not repeat the mistakes of the past when weak deals allowed President Putin to invade again.”
Perhaps pointing his comments at the US administration, the prime minister said I'm aware of everything."
Mr Zelensky, asked if he was aware of the plan mentioned by Macron, told reporters in London There must be no talks on Ukraine without Ukraine,
We stand with Ukraine and on the side of the free world!”
Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, said We stand with #Ukraine in good and in testing times. We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war.”
Friedrich Merz, incoming Chancellor of Germany, posted