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... simply not Zelenskyy -- Zelenskyy's and the Ukrainians' experience over the last 11 years. They have 11 years of experience of numerous signed agreements between Ukraine and Russia, which have repeatedly been violated, and yet their country has no security. So it's quite, I think, understandable that Zelenskyy requires ...
Alexander Kots, a Russian war blogger, said that for Ukraine, “the U.S. aid suspension is unpleasant but not deadly.” He said that while Ukraine’s European allies can fill some of the gaps and provide artillery systems, they don’t have alternatives to the U.S.-made air-defense ...
... help is “vital” and has saved “perhaps tens of thousands” of civilian and military lives. But he emphasized that any peace agreement must be “on Ukraine’s terms, as the victim country.” Ukraine wants “concrete security guarantees” from Washington, European countries and Group of Seven leading industrialized nations, he said ...
... some assurances of security guarantees before he signs up to a cease-fire agreement, particularly one that he's not involved in negotiating. Nick Schifrin: Ukraine and Europe must also confront the possibility of losing U.S. military assistance. Ukraine would struggle to replace American air defense and Western artillery ...
But as we moved into 2023 and 2024, especially as Trump was critical of Ukraine, was more supportive of Putin, and as then-President Biden going to Ukraine, increasing aid to Ukraine, you saw Democrat support pretty much stay where it was at the beginning, but Republican support crater and ...
... embrace of fellow Europeans bearing gifts. Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister: Very, very welcome here in Downing Street. Malcolm Brabant (voice-over): As peacemaker between Ukraine and the White House, Britain's Keir Starmer reported back to President Trump. Keir Starmer: The United Kingdom, along with France and possibly one ...
“Starmer did an impressive job of asserting Europe’s agency in the war on Ukraine and conveying to President Trump that Europe is willing and able to take a leading role in implementing any credible peace deal," said Rachel Ellehuus, director-general of Royal United Services Institute, a defense ...
And Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, wrote: “Dear Volodymyr @zelenskyyua, we stand with #Ukraine in good and in testing times. We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war.” The victory for Merz's party Sunday in Germany's national election ensured that Ukraine has an ...
... Donald Trump is right. The Kyiv regime is gambling with World War III." For weeks, European leaders have been trying to prevent a U.S.-Ukraine break. This week, they thought they made progress, with Trump suggesting just yesterday Ukraine could gain back occupied territory. Donald Trump: We're going ...
... Geoff Bennett: A final question about President Zelenskyy's role and responsibility in all of this, because Lindsey Graham, who has spoken in support of Ukraine in the past, said that he spoke to Zelenskyy this morning, told him, don't take the bait. Donald Trump is in a mood ...
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