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We don't know that. And you know you've not been part of those discussions and neither have I. We all need to come to a clear understanding of the wider direction of travel. It's very early days in those talks, Victoria."
We have to understand in more detail what they are saying. It's too easy to generalise from statements and commentators."
That's not what the leader of the free world [Donald Trump] seems to be thinking and that's not what his US Defence Secretary seems to be thinking."
The BBC host interjected to say I'm not generalising. I'm literally going by what they said."
It's early days. I think we should be very, very clear about this. It's early days. There'll be future debates, discussions and dialogues. I woud certainly not want to put any of that, in terms of the talks, to undermine them I think right now every single country, NATO allies in particular and the United Kingdom, we are hugely invested in this conflict."
The former Home Secretary, speaking from Munich where a key security conference is being held, said No one and nothing will stop Putin from attacking us again and occupying another region or several more. If Europe and America don’t help us, then making peace now will most likely lead to war in a few years,
We know that Russia is very duplicitous, and they can play nice, but when it comes to actually making concessions and making peace, they never… make any concessions,
As an independent country we simply cannot accept any agreements without us. And I articulate this very clearly to our partners. We will not accept any bilateral negotiations on Ukraine without us,
When Russia occupied the Crimea peninsula, it commenced a campaign of systematic targeting of communities or individuals it perceived as those who became an obstacle in the Russification campaign … with devastating effects on the social fabric in general, but also communities, families and individuals,
It will set a precedent and show Russia that they can attack any country, take its territory and make it theirs with impunity in the future,
Given how many victims this war has already had, and to end it on someone else’s conditions… then why did these (Ukrainian soldiers) die and why did they defend these territories?”
We already had so many years of negotiations with the Russian side,
We may be left without the currently temporarily occupied territories, without parts of the Kherson region, Zaporizhzhia region and the long-suffering Crimea,
Probably it will be very, very, very difficult. And of course, in all the difficult situations, you have a chance,
Zelenskyy said in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference I don’t want to think about ... I don’t want to think that we will not be strategic partners.”
