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We work publicly and transparently with American partners, aiming to preserve bipartisan support of Ukraine."
Both Tymoshenko and Poroshenko pushed back against the idea that they wished to hold elections during wartime, with Poroshenko saying in a statement to Politico
I think the only thing that that deal is potentially going to give us is a discussion on another deal,
Klympush-Tsintsadze said, suggesting the economic agreement could serve as a framework,
I am certain that there is no risk of a large-scale war. … We do not intend to take any aggressive actions. We will not attack, raid or invade Ukraine,
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said about a month before Putin ordered the full-scale invasion, sparking the bloodiest conflict on European soil since World War IIWe are interested in peace, but we are definitely interested in something that would be guaranteed as a peace, and that would not be used by the Russian Federation as a pause to remobilize and to attack with a tsunami wave over Ukraine and also over European countries,
Klympush-Tsintsadze told CBS News in Kyiv on WednesdayOur intelligence is sovereign. We have intelligence that we allow Ukraine to benefit from."
France was quick to confirmUnfortunately, I do not see the readiness of the Russian Federation to really engage,
Klympush-Tsintsadze said, notingWe are hoping that all the great... warm political will of the European nations will also, as urgently as possible, will translate in upscaling their defense engagement with Ukraine,
Klympush-Tsintsadze told CBS NewsIf you take away support like that, of course it's important, ... But that's why it was done."
said Kellogg, a retired Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army, addingWe've been there before,
she said, stressingThis is a watershed moment for Europe and Ukraine as part of our European family. It’s also a watershed moment for Ukraine.”
Arriving at the EU summit alongside Zelenskyy, von der Leyen said
That guarantee needs a European element, and of course the United Kingdom will step up, we always step up in the cause of peace. But we also need the U.S. to be working with us on that, and that is what I am focusing all my attention on.”
He saidEurope is the strongest economic area in the world with its own opportunities. And that is why it is very important that, especially when it comes to tariffs, we are also clear about how we act in this matter — namely united and determined.”
He saidThis is a threat to Russia,
Lavrov said at a briefing in Moscow, noting Macron’s plan to convene a meeting of top European military officers to discuss purported aggressive plans by MoscowWhen the rule of law is confronted by the law of force, Europe must be prepared.”
Asked about the kind of peace being pursued, he said
We have high expectations because nuclear umbrella would serve as really very serious deterrence towards Russia,
Nausėda saidEurope is weak without the United States,
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov told reporters in Brussels on Thursday
I advocate great caution when it comes to those frozen assets.
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said at the summit ThursdayWe aren’t seeing any room for compromise here,
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One can conclude that France thinks more about war, about continuing the war,
Peskov addedFor any more or less sane person it is completely clear that Russia does not need this,
he said