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There must be a U.S. backstop because a U.S. security guarantee is the only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again,
Russia is preparing for a long war,
If it is successful, it will last 20 or 30 years,
Russia's highly censored state television has, over the past two years, consistently promoted the rape of Ukrainians, the drowning of children, the levelling of cities, the eradication of the Ukrainian elite, and the physical extermination of millions of Ukrainians.
An insight into just how traumatic rule by Moscow could be has been given by Foreign Policy magazine I think it is right to say that I deeply disagree with what he is saying here and to dissociate myself from it. The claim that Ukraine started the war is historically incorrect and is not a good starting point for ending the war.”
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said of Trump I speak for Australia’s interests, and Australia stands with Ukraine in their struggle, which is a struggle not just for their own national sovereignty, but it is a struggle to stand up for the international rule of law,
Albanese told a press conference this week The prime minister expressed his support for President Zelensky as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime as the UK did during World War II,
a Downing Street spokesperson told The Independent It takes a lot of cynicism to call the president of such a country a dictator,
The fact that regular elections cannot be held in the middle of a war is in line with the requirements of the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No one should claim otherwise,
the German press agency dpa reported This is not the case for Vladimir Putin, who has been killing his opponents and manipulating his elections for a long time,
he told a press conference Unfortunately, recent developments and this different view of things from the United States now oblige us not only to face the truth but to move at a very high speed and implement decisions that we have been discussing for a long time,
I think nobody wants elections more than Ukraine because elections would mean that there is peace in Ukraine and that they can run their country again,
I have no doubt it would not have happened under President Trump,
His goal is to bring this war to an end, period,
Waltz said of Trump, when asked by reporters at a White House press briefing to say which nation was responsible for starting the war Strong Ukraine-U.S. relations benefit the entire world,
I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never, ... This is the war in Ukraine, against us, and it's our human losses."
Zelensky told NBC News' Kristen Welker on Meet the Press last week ... adding, The phrases he is saying are so deep and so correct. They are in total alignment with the way we see things. Of course, the cherry on the cake, an absolute cherry on the cake is this phrase—"
Solovyov said in reaction to Trump's comments, according to an English translation from the watchdog project Russian Media Monitor So, Ukraine has to have elections if it wants to sit at the negotiating table. That's it. Zelensky has nowhere to run. Trump reacted. He said that he is outdated and unpopular. Let me add from myself, he's also very, very weak. He is worthless, to put it correctly, he's worthless,
When they want a seat at the table...wouldn't the people of Ukraine have to say like, 'You know, it's been a long time since we've had an election.'
He then played a video of Trump saying at Tuesday's press conference We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine, where the leader in Ukraine, I hate to say it, but he's down at 4 percent approval rating, and where a country has been blown to smithereens."
On a recent broadcast, Solovyov played a clip of Trump's press conference, in which the president said