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I do think there is support to do everything we can to help get a peace in Ukraine. And from my perspective, one of the most important aspects of that is ensuring that the Ukrainians are positioned in the most positive, favorable way for them. If this deal helps with that, and President Zelenskyy is comfortable signing it, then I support that.”
The town ... They’re willing to resist. And it showed just what a murderous thug Vladimir Putin is.”
It’s very distressing. And the president’s wrong. He’s just wrong … Vladimir Putin is the dictator. President Zelenskiy was duly elected by the people of Ukraine, and he has a higher favorability rating than Donald Trump.”
Asked about Trump’s lie that Zelenskyy was a dictator who started the war, Shaheen said You try and take it away, right? We're going to do the best we can. We're going to do the best we can to make the best deal we can for both sides. But for Ukraine, we're going to try very hard to make a good deal so that they can get as much back as possible. We want to get as much back as possible."
When asked whether Russia retaining occupied territories would send a dangerous message, Trump responded I don't want to tell right now. But I can tell you that NATO, you can forget about. That's been, I think that's probably the reason the whole thing started."
When asked about the concessions he had in mind, Trump said I had a productive meeting with @SPE_Kellogg--a good discussion, many important details. I am grateful to the United States for all the assistance and bipartisan support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. It's important for us--and for the entire free world--that American strength is felt. We had a detailed conversation about the battlefield situation, how to return our prisoners of war, and effective security guarantees."
In a post on X, Zelenskyy stated He's a very smart guy. He's a very cunning person. But I've dealt with some really bad people. But I will tell you, as far as this is concerned, you have to understand, in my opinion, he had no intention of settling this war. I think he wanted the whole thing,
From the very first second of this war, Ukraine has sought peace. We must and can ensure that peace is strong and lasting--so that Russia can never return with war. Ukraine is ready for a strong, effective investment and security agreement with the President of the United States. We have proposed the fastest and most constructive way to achieve results. Our team is ready to work 24/7. Success unites us all. Strong Ukraine-US relations benefit the entire world. I thank General Kellogg for the joint work to achieve important results."
We're doing very well with Russia-Ukraine. President Zelenskyy is going to be coming on Friday. It's now confirmed. And we're going to be signing an agreement, which will be a very big agreement. And I want to thank Howard and Scott for the job you guys did in putting it together. Really did an amazing job. And that'll be on rare earth and other things,
NATO, you can forget about it,
Trump told reporters before convening a meeting of his cabinet members inside the White House It's a great deal for Ukraine, too, because they get us over there,
I've had very good conversations with President Putin. I had very good conversations with President Zelenskyy. And until four weeks ago, nobody had conversations with anybody. It was not even a consideration. Nobody thought you could make peace,
The Ukrainians are good fighters, I have to say, but without the equipment, without our equipment – we have the best military equipment in the world – without our equipment, that would have been over very quickly,
Well I’m not going to make security guarantees beyond very much. We’re going to have Europe do that.”
Trump, when asked about the specific guarantees he would provide to Ukraine as part of the deal, said Trump said that a decision on the deployment of peacekeeping forces would only be possible with the consent of both sides, apparently referring to us and Ukraine. Nobody has asked us about this,
What remains of Ukraine must also be freed from racist laws,
I will not sign what 10 generations of Ukrainians will have to pay back,
he said at a news conference on Sunday If we don’t get security guarantees, we won’t have a ceasefire, nothing will work, nothing,
Something will be done that’s going to be satisfactory to everybody … It’s actually something I did discuss. A form of peacekeeping that’s acceptable to everybody.”
No, we haven't lifted any sanctions on anybody […] I guess it will be at some point, but right now we [haven't agreed to lift sanctions on anybody].
When asked whether sanctions on Russia were being considered as part of negotiations to resolve the war against Ukraine, Trump responded
