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The United States does not believe that Nato membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement,
Nato has made a long-term commitment to Ukraine and its rightful place is in Nato,
Starmer’s spokesperson said In my view it would have been better to speak about a possible Nato membership for Ukraine or possible losses of territory at the negotiating table,
The previous US administration held the view that everything needed to be done to keep the war going. The current administration, as far as we understand, adheres to the point of view that everything must be done to stop the war and for peace to prevail,
Why are we giving them [Russia] everything that they want even before the negotiations have been started?”
Kallas, a former Estonian prime minister said There will be a bilateral Russian-American track of this dialogue, and a track that will be related to Ukraine’s involvement,
said Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson We have not said in any way we are abandoning our allies in Europe. There have been no decisions on troop levels, but that’s a discussion to be had by the commander-in-chief in these high-stakes negotiations,
We know who the good guys are and who the bad guys are,
Hegseth said behind closed doors, ... according to Healey The peace dividend has to end,
Hegseth said, though he refused to say 3.4 per cent is a very robust investment, ... Ultimately we have our own budgetary considerations.”
Any deal behind our backs will not work,
Our priority is to support Ukraine now, while it is fighting on the battlefield and needs our help,
We knew something was coming, ... but not that.”
said one Ministry of Defense official, granted anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, They’d like to see us step forward to build a consensus across Europe” by reaching out to countries such as Italy and Spain which spend less on defense
The biggest concern is that that would be seen essentially as a sign for Russia to do more and to go farther, because they don’t have to worry about the U.S.,
We need to start speaking about this. We need to wake the public up,
The arguments that have been made that somehow coming to the table right now is making concessions to Vladimir Putin outright that we otherwise or that the president of the United States should not otherwise make... I just reject that,
But simply pointing out realism, like the borders will not be rolled back to what everybody would like them to be in 2014, is not a concession to Vladimir Putin. It's a recognition of hard power realities on the ground, after a lot of investment in sacrifice, first by the Ukrainians and then by allies, and then a realisation that a negotiated peace is going to be some sort of demarcation that neither side wants,
the US secretary of defense said These negotiations are led by President [Donald] Trump. Everything is on the table in his conversations with Vladimir Putin and [Volodymyr] Zelensky. What he decides to allow or not allow is at the prevue of the leader of the free world, of President Trump. I'm not going to stand at this podium and declare what President Trump will do or won't do,
Hegseth said in Brussels, Belgium as he departs two days of meetings on the future of Ukraine with European counterparts at NATO headquarters If there is peace there needs to be some sort of security guarantee for Ukraine and the UK will play its part in that.”
Mr Starmer also appeared to open the door to UK troops taking part in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine
