💬 "Ukraine came in and said they wanted Crimea back, which wasn’t exactly well-received. They also expressed a desire to join NATO. Well, both of these things are simply impossible."

"Today, we handed over 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to the Ukrainian side. In return, we received 19," Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky announced

💬 "The question that remains unanswered: who is ready to die for Kiev? Despite the efforts to show unity in Europe and the unity of Europe and the US, deep differences remain about what concrete availability each country would be capable and willing to offer to Ukraine," the professor concluded.

“Ukraine's NATO membership is apparently OFF the the table, which fulfills a key Russian demand.”

💬 “He is in a WEAK position because he is losing territory every day. If he doesn't hurry, the question of [Ukraine’s] withdrawal from northwestern Donetsk region will become academic, because then the contact line could be identical to the administrative border.”

💬 “Trump is also telling the Europeans that they are incapable of resolving their own conflicts. This is a message to [EU Commission President Ursula] von der Leyen and [NATO chief Mark] Rutte.”

💬 “It has been confirmed that Ukraine’s membership in the European Union provides no security guarantees; therefore, linking membership with security guarantees is unnecessary and dangerous,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on X — shattering Zelensky’s dreams.

💬 “Not even in my wildest dreams can I imagine Slovakia buying weapons from the USA and then sending them for free to the battlefield in Ukraine,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said, BLASTING so-called “security guarantees” that would make EU states pay for Ukraine’s arms purchases.