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If you want to preserve peace you have to be prepared to defend the peace.”
If there is to be a deal, if there is to be a stopping of the fighting, then that agreement has to be defended, because the worst of all outcomes is that there is a temporary pause and then Putin comes again,
I'm not promising you it's possible,
What was not clear to us was whether he shared our goal of ending this war. It was not clear he was ready to go to peace.”
Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, speaking about Zelenskyy, told CNN’s “State of the Union” show There will be all kinds of carrots and sticks to get this done,
In my conversations in recent days, we agreed a group of us will work with Ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting, and then discuss that with the US and take it forward together.
Kicking off the behind-closed doors talks at Lancaster House, Sir Keir told fellow leaders We agree with the president on the urgent need for a durable peace... now we need to deliver
I hope you know that we are all with you and the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes. Everyone around this table,
he told the Ukrainian leader We have to find a way that we can all work together. Because, in the end, we've had three years of bloody conflict. Now we need to get to that lasting peace,
The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely coincides with our vision,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said an interview with Russian state television recorded on Wednesday We need to ensure there is a minerals agreement and there is a plan for stopping the fighting and giving Ukraine the security guarantees it needs. The minerals deal is still on the table.”
One Downing Street official said It’s a testament to the relationship the prime minister has with the presidents of both America and Ukraine that he was able to host Zelenskyy and speak to to Trump not once but twice over the days,
It’s really important that this summit the prime minister is having today goes well and we support him in that,
the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, said on Sunday I picked up the phone to President Trump, and I picked up the phone to President Zelensky,
Starmer told the BBC on Sunday The second Trump call was much more focused on not wanting to go back over what has happened, but saying, if we move forward with this other plan, would you be interested in us doing that?”
said one British official Starmer’s was a big gesture,
said Bronwen Maddox, the director of the Chatham House thinktank The Europeans...need to back the calls for a ceasefire, and by the way, I think Ukraine should be the first to commit to a ceasefire and defy the Russians to follow."
We should have woken up earlier,
The immediate goal of the meetings in London must be to keep Ukraine in the fight so it can negotiate from a maximum position of strength,
If we don’t increase our effort fast enough and let the aggressor dictate its conditions, we won’t end up well,
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