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The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement,
He departed from a draft prepared earlier in the day to deliver a blunter message about Ukraine’s prospects for NATO membership than originally written ... he said
At no time was Secretary Hegseth advised by administration officials to avoid casting doubt on NATO membership — The secretary’s remarks were coordinated with senior members of the president’s national security team, and they supported the message he delivered top to bottom, full stop. In addition, the president himself reinforced Secretary Hegseth’s remarks concerning NATO membership shortly thereafter in his own public comments in the Oval Office,
Ullyot wroteThat offer is about recouping some of that, ... and acknowledging that when there is peace, Ukraine has the potential to grow itself into a stronger economic position, through a partnership with the U.S.”
the official saidYour reporting is 100% false,
Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot wrote by email in response to a request for comment about Hegseth’s speech, the advice he received from State Department officials and his private remarks about reducing U.S. troops in EuropeThe key was to convince Trump that Ukraine was not the problem,
one of those people said
Putin started this war. Putin committed war crimes. Putin is the dictator who murdered his opponents. The EU nations have contributed more to Ukraine. Zelensky polls over 50%. Ukraine wants to be part of the West, Putin hates the West. I don't accept George Orwell's doublethink."
Representative Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, posted to X on Wednesday
I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died – And so it continues.....,
Trump concluded in a post to Truth Social on WednesdayDonald Trump's favorability rating is actually HIGHER than it ever was the first time around."
The White House's Rapid Response 47 account posted to X on Sunday ... ABC's Jon Karl
Since we are talking about 4 percent, we have seen this disinformation, we understand that it is coming from Russia,
Zelensky saidPresident Trump, with great respect for him as a leader of the people (...) unfortunately, lives in this disinformation space,
Zelensky said in a news conference on WednesdayWe have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine,
he said when asked if the U.S. would support Russia's reported demands that Kyiv go to the polls as part of a peace dealYes, we are working on post-war elections and want to have all the decisions in advance to protect our democracy from the Russians and internal challenges. But they need security and guarantees,
said Olga Ajvazovska, the top election watchdog in Ukraine
Ukraine is a sovereign state! Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the President of Ukraine. Legitimate until another is elected. Only Ukrainians can decide when and under what conditions they should change their government. Today, there are no such conditions,
said Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister of Ukraine and leader of the mildly oppositional Motherland faction in the Ukrainian parliament, in a statement WednesdayTrump’s logic is based on Russian propaganda. And the fact that the U.S. president is relaying this is anti-moral and anti-democratic,
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In such a difficult time, we, the Ukrainian people, must stand by our leader, who makes no concessions. Just like all of us,
Filashkin said in a statement
Yes, we heard completely unacceptable statements by the U.S. leader about who started the war; about resolving the “conflict in Ukraine” by completely satisfying Putin’s “wishes”; about de facto potentially forcing Ukraine to surrender everything we have been fighting for for 11 years against aggressive dictatorial Russia,
Klympush-Tsintsadze saidNo lying creature, neither in Moscow, nor in Washington, nor anywhere, has the right to open his mouth against him,
Filatov added
We may like Zelenskyy, or we may not, we may scold him, or we may praise him, we may condemn his actions, or we may applaud them … because he is OUR President,
Borys Filatov, mayor of the industrial city of Dnipro, wrote in a social media postThe story that 90 percent of all aid is [from] the United States … you and I understand that the truth is a little different, although we are certainly grateful for the help,
Zelenskyy saidEurope as a whole has clearly overtaken the U.S. in terms of Ukraine aid. In total, Europe has allocated €70 billion ($72.2 billion) in financial and humanitarian aid as well as €62 billion in military aid. This compares to €64 billion in military aid from the U.S. as well as €50 billion in financial and humanitarian allocations,
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