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Ukraine survived for three years and Russia is still fighting for some villages in the Donbas. It’s a miracle,
said one senior security source Our position is that during a war there is no room for politics and especially not for elections,
said Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, an MP from the Fatherland party of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and a former head of the SBU security agency The earlier we get to the table the worse the outcome will be,
said Vadym Prystaiko, a former foreign minister It’s an internal question… nobody, not even someone with a very serious position, can just say, ‘I want elections tomorrow.’ That’s the sovereign right of Ukraine and Ukrainians,
Those who are helping us to save Ukraine will [have the chance to] renovate it, with their businesses together with Ukrainian businesses. All these things we are ready to speak about in detail,
How can a deal about Ukraine be made without Ukraine? How could such an agreement ever be explained to the families of the thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who have fallen defending the integrity of their homeland?”
It made people quite upset,
Will the elections be only when we’ve solved everything in 20 years’ time? No. But we cannot just shout loudly, ‘We want elections.’ Let’s be honest, today our people would see this as something shocking,
People are still not sure what the US wants to do. And I think it would be good if we came out of this conference if they had a clear picture of it,
I’m a school of realism. I think that’s not going to happen.”
Pressed on whether that meant Europeans wouldn’t be included, he said You can have the Ukrainians, the Russians, and clearly the Americans at the table talking,
Kellogg said at an event hosted by a Ukrainian tycoon We need to ensure Ukrainian sovereignty,
This is an existential moment. It’s a moment where Europe has to stand up,
Many, many leaders have talked about Europe needing its own military—an army of Europe,
The Americans are approaching European capitals and asking how many soldiers they are ready to deploy,
There’s no way in which we can have discussions or negotiations about Ukraine, Ukraine’s future or European security structure, without Europeans,
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb told the same security conference in Munich Russia is really a petrostate,
America needs to see where Europe is heading, ... and this direction of European policy shouldn’t just be promising, it should make America want to stand with a strong Europe."
Does America need Europe as a market? Yes. But as an ally? I don’t know. For the answer to be yes, Europe needs a single voice, not a dozen different ones."
We already have successful cases of joint repair of equipment and localisation of production, and Ukraine is ready to scale up: ammunition, armoured vehicles, air defence systems. The more of this we have, the safer our Europe will eventually become."
Quote from Volodymyr Zelenskyy
