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The constant expulsion of diplomats from Washington and Moscow does not lead to anything good,
Putin said according to RIA Novosti, Russian state-owned media Look, we all want a victory, and we want Trump to win, and we want Ukraine to win, all of us to succeed,
I rate them highly, there is a result, ... In my opinion, we made the first step to restore work in various areas of mutual interests'
Putin said at a drone factory in Saint Petersburg, adding Part of my mission is to sit and listen … go back to the United States, talk to President Trump, Secretary Rubio, and the rest of the team, just to ensure that we get this one right,
I really want him to tell President Trump everything. … After that, I will be ready to discuss these steps with President Trump,
Zelensky said in comments reported by independent news outlet Ukrainska Pravda We are not imposing anything on anyone. We are ready, I have already said this a hundred times - if they want, please, let these negotiations take place. And we will be ready to return to the table for negotiations,
Without increasing the level of trust between Russia and the United States, it is impossible to resolve many issues, including the Ukrainian crisis,
Putin said in his first comments on Tuesday's meeting in Riyadh No one is excluding Ukraine,
He is a completely independent politician,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by the state-run TASS news agency on Wednesday I believe that the United States helped Putin break out of years of isolation,
Zelensky said of the meeting in Saudi Arabia, marking some of his sharpest criticism yet of Trump's approach to Russia and the Ukraine war Europeans need to help by being in the background of those negotiations, saying, If this doesn't work, we're going to take further action that you're not going to like. Now, that's a very uncomfortable thing for Europeans to do, but it's very necessary.”
I hear that they're upset about not having a seat, well, they've had a seat for three years and a long time before that. This could have been settled very easily,
he said after being probed by a BBC News reporter Requests for Ukrainian elections are not ‘a Russia thing,
These cities look like Gaza. Actually, many have, percentage-wise, more buildings knocked down than in Gaza. So, people are tired of it. People want to see something happen,
One of the presidents of a big [NATO] country stood up, said, if we don’t pay and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?”
he told students at Coastal Carolina University in February last year If Crimea remains in Russian hands, Russia will use it to dominate the Black Sea aggressively and to attack Ukraine again,
If the US continues to say what Vance said at Munich, they are facing a disaster,
said a Ukrainian former cabinet member No, I will not protect you, in fact I would encourage [the Russians] to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay,
Europe will almost certainly be stuck with the bill for Ukraine’s reconstruction, and may also be stuck with the bill for prosecuting the war, ie $70-100bn a year,
said the Romanian analyst If the people making those speeches were women, they would have been called all sorts of bad names,
