“I would rate it a 10,” Trump told reporters on August 13 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. “Very friendly.” Zelenskyy was in Berlin for the virtual conference hosted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that included the leaders of Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, the European Union and NATO. Negotiations have to be part of a larger transatlantic strategy, and has to be part of necessary pressure on Russia.” Merz added, “If there is no movement on the Russian side, we and the U.S. have to put more pressure on Russia. Asked about Trump’s suggestion that Russia and Ukraine could swap land, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexei Fadeev said at a news briefing on Wednesday that there was “no need to even invent anything territorial.” “The structure of the Russian Federation is enshrined in the Constitution of our country,” Fadeev said, originally in Russian.
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Published at: 2025-08-13 20:49:11
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