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Under whatever guise they appear there, this is a step towards escalation.
And his deputy Alexander Grushko added We all have to contribute to our defence and we expect this to be a two-way street for our allies
On Sir Keir's pledge to put UK boots on the ground as part of any peacekeeping force, he added There's going to be some discussion of territory and there's going to be a discussion of security guarantees
I think I have the power to end this war.
To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, and this
Macron said in a statement The only leader in the world who can make this happen, who can even bring people together to begin to talk about it in a serious way is President Trump,
the secretary of state said It is worth noting that a refusal to accept Kyiv into NATO is not enough
I wonder why they believe Ukraine would accept all these ultimatums now if we refused them at the most difficult moment,
the Ukrainian President said, referring to Kyiv's refusal to bow to Moscow's demands during crisis talks at the start of the war We're going to need to have vibrant diplomatic missions that are able to function normally in order to be able to continue these conduits.
We explained today that the appearance of armed forces from … Nato countries, but under a false flag, under the flag of the European Union or under national flags, does not change anything,
No matter how difficult it is for us, Ukraine will not legally recognise the parts occupied by Russia,
[Our reaction is] negative, and we have said this many times
Asked by the Russian TASS news agency today whether Moscow would be receptive to European troops on the ground in Ukraine, Alexander Grushko said This is a follow-up on that initial conversation between Putin and President Trump about perhaps if that first step is even possible, what the interests are, if this can be managed.
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters Everyone at this meeting is aware that transatlantic relations, the NATO alliance and our friendship with the United States have entered a new phase.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Paris The nightmare scenario is you get a peace agreement and there is a political rush to put troops on the ground and then something changes, and it turns into a shooting war and you’re caught in the middle
Veteran Col Ingram, who helped plan Britain's peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s, told MailOnline This is bigger than anything the UK has been involved in ever, if it goes the way it could go,
First you would send a stiff letter to Moscow demanding them to stop shooting your troops
Describing how the crisis could explode, Col Ingram said While European nations must step up in this moment - and we will - US support will remain critical and a US security guarantee is essential for a lasting peace, because only the US can deter Putin from attacking again.
The premier, who is due to visit Mr Trump in Washington later this month, said It’s got to have enough punch to absolutely smash any forces that look to do an incursion
Speaking of a potential peacekeeping force, he added We need a James Bond character to go in and take "Blofeld Putin" out,
the former intelligence officer added