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We've agreed that the UK, France and others will work with Ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting. Then we'll discuss that plan with the United States and take it forward together. The purpose of today's meeting was to unite our partners around this effort to strengthen Ukraine and to support a just, and enduring peace, for the good of all of us. Our starting point must be to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position
The biggest problem is that it will be used by Putin as a tool of war. He might agree to ceasefire only when it creates conditions allowing him to destroy Ukraine maybe a little bit later,
Morekho told The Independent So that they [Ukraine] can negotiate from a position of strength and we are doubling down in our support. Yesterday evening the UK signed a £2.2 billion loan to provide more military aid to Ukraine, backed not by the British taxpayer but by the profits from frozen Russian assets. And today I'm announcing a new deal which allows Ukraine to use £1.6 billion of UK export finance to buy more than 5,000 air defence missiles,
Second, we agreed that any lasting peace must ensure Ukraine's sovereignty and security, and Ukraine must be at the table. Third, in the event of a peace deal, we will keep boosting Ukraine's own defensive capabilities to deter any future invasion. Fourth, we will go further to a coalition of the willing to defend a deal in Ukraine and to guarantee the peace,
Firstly, no one asks us, and Trump understands everything. He said that it is too early to say when there will be a settlement, you can discuss this issue, but the consent of the parties will be needed. He behaves correctly.”
It wasn't clear to us that President Zelenskiy was ready to negotiate and in good faith towards an end of this war,
Something has to change. Either he needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude, or someone else needs to lead the country to do that,
the top congressional Republican told NBC's Meet the Press program We'll be ready to reengage when they're ready to make peace,
If it becomes apparent that President Zelenskiy's either personal motivations or political motivations are divergent from ending the fighting in his country, then I think we have a real issue on our hands,
We need a leader that can deal with us, eventually deal with the Russians and end this war."
Asked whether Trump wants Zelenskiy to resign, Waltz told CNN's "State of the Union" program There is still an opening here" for a peace deal
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