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The shaping of the position of the Russian Federation does not take place abroad due to some agreements or efforts of some parties,
the official TASS news agency quoted her as saying
It is impossible to rely on the goodwill of current opponents who have declared the goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia,
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Russia is advancing.” ... Real agreements are still being written there, at the front. Which they should understand in Washington, too.”
Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the international affairs committee of the upper house of Russia’s parliament, noted in a post on Telegram that ... He addedThe insolent pig finally got a proper slap,
a delighted Zakharova saidThe goal should not be a short truce, not some kind of respite for regrouping forces and rearmament with the aim of subsequently continuing the conflict, but a long-term peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all people, all nations living in this region,
Putin said in JanuaryTrump needs to conclude on his own that Putin isn’t willing to make any concessions — not to Ukraine but to him,
an American lobbyist working for the Ukrainians told POLITICO in January, asking not to be identified in order to speak freelyThe US is an indispensable ally. We are working together to try to secure a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and I’ve spoken to the president on a number of occasions, including this week,
he added
We're going to say that Ukraine is prepared to stop all battlefield activity, and begin the immediate process in negotiating our enduring end of the war,
he saidThere's no way to have a enduring peace without the deterrence piece being a part of that,
he saidI think the deeply insulting thing for many Europeans is to be disregarded,
Kristine Berzina, managing director for Geostrategy North at the German Marshall Fund, told DW
Europe needs to take more responsibility for strengthening the security in Europe,
Pavel Baev, a senior fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institute, told DWI think there is a very clear difference between the war, as seen by President Trump, as something which makes no sense, something which needs to be stopped as soon as possible, and the war as seen from Moscow, where it is an existential conflict, where a lot of crucial issues for Russia's security and very existence are at stake,
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The ball is in the Russian's court,
Daniel Fried, an Atlantic Council fellow and former US Ambassador to Poland, told DWThere's all sorts of theories about [why the US is engaging with Russia], from Trump's businesses having interacted with Russian oligarchs and funding Russian money laundering, to Russia interfering in the 2016 election and helping Trump, to Trump having just an affinity for strong-man leaders like Putin,
Bergmann told DWI don't know why we would be wanting to strengthen our main enemy,
Bergmann saidPutin specifically, and Russians in general, are very good at complicating negotiations, throwing in curve balls, new conditions, making it complicated and obfuscating,
he said
All areas gradually coming under the control of Russian forces [and] have been taken with little to no resistance. It can already be said that the entire city of Sudzha is now under Russian control,
Leviev said
If they say no, then obviously we’ll have to examine everything and sort of figure out where we stand in the world and what their true intentions are,
Rubio addedWe all eagerly await the Russian response and urge them strongly to consider ending all hostilities,
Rubio said during a stop in Ireland
We have already agreed that next week, at the technical expert level, teams will begin discussing all the details,
said Andriy Yermak, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, late on Tuesday evening, after high-stakes talks in Jeddah that also prompted the US to lift its restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing