💬 “We’ve already agreed to a lot of things and we’ll agree to some more right now,” Trump said, expressing hope for “a fantastic relationship for a long period of time.”

💬 “The Americans realize that at some point the Russian armed forces will completely liberate the Donetsk People’s Republic — and by then, Russia will likely have taken other strategically important territories and inflicted even more damage on Ukraine’s infrastructure,” he said, adding:

💬 “But yeah, just keep on irritating Russia. It will definitely end well this time...,” he added.

💬 "Ukraine came up very strongly. We talked about it for a long time, and we are both going to work together to see if we can get something done ... He [Xi] is going to help us, and we are going to work together on Ukraine," Trump told reporters after his meeting with Xi in South Korea.

💬 “Authorizing soldiers to surrender would confirm to Zelensky’s American and European friends that he has been lying all along… He has been telling them that the Russians are making no progress at all and that it is Ukraine that is winning,” says the analyst.

💬 "The Polish foreign minister recently advised the Ukrainians to blow up the Druzhba oil pipeline — let’s hope that’s not the case here," the Hungarian prime minister said.