Quotes
Russia is not winning in Ukraine. They’re not losing but they’re just not winning,
says Kallas, a senior officer in a specialist brigade which deploys across much of the 1,300km front line
Last summer the price of eggs jumped by 42 per cent, bananas by 48 per cent, tomatoes by 39.5 per cent and potatoes by 25 per cent. The Russian ruble has lost over half of its value since Putin first invaded Crimea in 2014, and over $600bn of the Kremlin’s foreign currency reserves have been frozen in Western banks.”
And earlier this week Russian expert and author Owen Matthews wrote in The IndependentWe’re fed up with fighting but there will have been no point if we give into Putin now, as Trump wants us to. So, we’ll fight on whatever anyone tells us to do,
a senior officer in Ukraine saysRussia should be in negotiations from a position of weakness,
he saidI really hope, as a Ukrainian, that what Trump saying publicly now is to cloud the eyes of the Russians,
he says
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.”
As the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci wrote
Today I heard: ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years… you should have never started it. You could have made a deal.”
Speaking to journalists at Mar-a-Lago, Trump saidYour budget is more than 10 times ours, ... and now you want to neutralise our only real hedge - nuclear rocket capability.”
he said
The West has betrayed Ukraine, ... The opinion of Europeans and Ukrainians does not concern either Moscow or Washington" ... The U.S. and Russia agreed on everything behind Ukraine's back."
The narratives relating to peace negotiations include
Russia is preparing to declare an alleged 'victory' in the war against Ukraine by the 'round date' - 24 February 2025, the third anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale war,
the intelligence agency said, according to Daily Express
Moreover, these plans may also include a 'Russian victory over NATO', as Muscovite propaganda has long described the war against Ukraine as a war with the Alliance,
it addedFor such European governments, the Kremlin is slapping on the ‘enemies of peace’ label,
HUR warned
Zelensky and his intelligence chief Budanov have said a couple of times now, that they think that Russia is gearing up for another attack."
He said
The special services of the aggressor state of Russia have been instructed by the Kremlin leaders to make the most of the intensification of diplomatic efforts by the new US administration to end the Russian-Ukrainian war and the bilateral meeting of the US and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia on 18 February 2025 in subversive information and psychological campaigns.
The GUR said
We have evidence that these figures are being discussed between America and Russia
Zelensky retorted.jpg)
That's not who you are, it's not your trademark, it's not in your interest,
Macron said as he answered questions from the French public on social media
The only way is to test them, to basically engage them and say, okay, are you serious about ending the war, and if so, what are your demands,
Rubio told journalist Catherine Herridge
And I also think it's silly to say, well, the Ukrainians are going be cut out or the Europeans are going to be cut out. You can't... find a stop to a war unless both sides and their views are represented,
Rubio saidIt's unfair to say that we didn't consult anybody on it."
RubioI think President Trump is very upset at President Zelensky and in some cases, rightfully so
Rubio said