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I'm very encouraged the parties have reached an agreement. I think the president now has decided to lift the freeze on intelligence and weapons — very significant,
Republican Representative Michael McCaul, former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told VOA Russia, unfortunately, does not have a good record of living up to ceasefires,
That actually should never have happened in the first place. That never should have been a pause that has real life consequences for Ukrainians who are fighting for their freedom and for democracy and for national security. So it's positive that that was lifted by the administration,
Democratic Representative Jason Crow told VOA I'm hoping the Trump administration will start reaching out to Putin and Russia, bring them to the table and make sure they make some concessions that are reasonable and beneficial to the Ukrainian people,
Democratic Representative Glenn Ivey told VOA For three years now, there’s been too much killing and too much destruction in Ukraine and in Russia. So this is a very, very positive thing, and I'm very proud of Secretary Rubio, also Mike Waltz, national security adviser,
Republican Representative Derrick Van Orden, told VOA President Trump is right, and President Trump's proposal to enhance and deepen U.S. investment in Ukraine and critical minerals, oil, natural gas will strengthen deterrence against Russian aggression,
Republican Representative Andy Barr told VOA The next step will be for President Zelenskyy to come hopefully back to the Oval Office to sign the economic cooperation agreement. Then everything is going to turn to Mr. Putin,
McCaul said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin We have always talked about this. To be honest, I thought we would sign it earlier. There is nothing to talk about. There are no secrets behind the scenes. We are ready."
We are aware of Hungary’s position, which has actually blocked the opening of the negotiation clusters. We are very much looking forward to the possibility of using the diplomatic process to unblock it because it is also in Europe's interest to further advance Ukraine on its path to EU membership."
We are in constant consultations with the Polish side; today, we also touched upon this issue with Minister Sikorski,
the Ukrainian diplomat added We are ready to create the appropriate team on our side that will work on this road map on how to get to this truce, if it happens,
Now, it is up to the United States to convince Russia to do the same,
Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address We adhere to the position: no decisions on the long-term security of Europe without Europe,
Sybiha said in a social media post The Ukrainian delegation today made something very clear: that they share President Trump’s vision for peace.”
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz added We’re going to tell them this is what’s on the table. Ukraine is ready to stop shooting and start talking. And now it’ll be up to them to say yes or no,
But those [security guarantees] appear to be missing at the moment. Perhaps that’s something that can be discussed, although we know that Donald Trump is really, really against that idea of explicit security guarantees for Ukraine,
We have a big meeting with Russia tomorrow [12 March], and some great conversations hopefully will ensue,
Trump added, without specifying which meeting he was referring to People are being killed as the cities – as things explode throughout the cities, and we have to get that war over with,
This is an important moment for peace in Ukraine and we now all need to redouble our efforts to get to a lasting and secure peace as soon as possible
Russia is open for peace efforts, for peace settlement around Ukraine, and we actually prefer to reach our goals through peaceful and diplomatic means."
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected the report, saying
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