Russian Embassy presents its own 'vision' of the conflict in Ukraine

We’re steadfast in moving ahead with sanctions and support for Ukraine up until the moment that peace is there, based on good peace negotiations with support of Ukraine and Europe,

said Kathleen Van Brempt, a Belgian social-democratic Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

I think this is the wrong policy and the wrong accusations of Ukraine. They are accusing the victim, and he is taking our enemy’s side,

said Oksana Krylova, a 50-year-old Kyiv resident

We cannot count on the US anymore. I’m already for a long time convinced that we need a European army, a European defence union, and what’s happening now convinces me even more,

said Hilde Vautmans, a Belgian MEP of the centrist Renew Europe group

Jamie Sheadr.

They are advancing… and there is the risk that if the line is not stabilised, Moscow could achieve a breakthrough,

said Shea, who is a former NATO official

He wants to be seen as a problem solver. He wants to break different deals with different leaders. Obviously, starting with Russia, one of the most powerful countries in the world, is very important for him,

said Astrid Chevreuil, a visiting fellow at Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies

We should pursue our own policy. If America does not want to help, then let it stay in its own sphere. We need to contact Europe … with the Baltic countries, with Poland, and defend our interests.”

Ihor Vitek, a retired Ukrainian officer, said

Daniela Schwarzerpolitical scientist

It’s a demonstration of the new approach of the US,

said political scientist Daniela Schwarzer, an executive board member at German foundation Bertelsmann Stiftung

Trump is unpredictable. Nobody knows what's in his head or how his meeting with Putin will go,

said Ukrainian artist Olga Yurkevych

I am not sure if it's right or wrong, but I would agree to some deal already. So many lives were lost, many children and grown-ups died. So many. I would put an end to it,

said 52-year-old local Taisiya Pavlenko

If you have effectively made yourself irrelevant then they will treat you as irrelevant,

said defence analyst Simon Diggins,

In this war, you don't count days, weeks, numbers, or any dates,

said Mykola, a 38-year-old gun commander stationed in the eastern Donetsk region

I don't want to give up Ukrainian lands ... we've been fighting for so long,

he told AFP on the eve of the anniversary

In Ukraine, about Ukraine, with Ukraine."

In an apparent rebuke of Trump's moves to sideline Kyiv from talks on how to end the war, EU Council President Antonio Costa said

I thank everyone who defends and supports it."

Zelenskyy on Monday hailed "three years of resistance ... adding:

It scares me more. Because the bloodiest moments always come before a truce,

said Andrii, a 25-year-old serving with Ukraine's army in the east

You cannot be weak in the face of President Putin."

He said

All the language that we are hearing about Ukraine being responsible for the war, you might as well say the swimmers are responsible for attacking the shark in Jaws".

Speaking to Good Morning Britain, he added

I don’t really believe in a quick end to the war or in peace in general

he said after three years of fighting

We all feel betrayed since Trump started to talk about his ‘peace plans.’ I would not be surprised if he’s Russia’s best agent. We have to hold on…that’s all.”

An intelligence officer in a frontline town said

Josep Borrellformer EU foreign policy chief

And I said: ‘Are you crazy? We are talking about a war,

Borrell recounted in late 2024, shortly before standing down