Ukraine Watch

"The fact that Putin came out with this bullshit 'peace proposal' yesterday is a sign that he's panicking, that's good news" - Dutch Prime Minister Rutte;

"I represent a part of the world where Russia is often called the prison of nations. Russia remains the largest colonial empire in the world, and unlike European states, Russia has not undergone a process of decolonisation" - Polish President Duda;

"Russia is a colonial power, for almost half a century, until 1990, Estonia was part of the Russian colonial system" - Estonian President Kallas;

"We will have a resolution to be adopted by the UN General Assembly on the Olympic truce, but we do not see this truce as a commitment regarding Ukraine. It is a call for Russia to stop its aggression," French President Macron;

"Before the war in Ukraine, there was a war against Georgia. Before the territories of Ukraine were occupied, the territories of Georgia were occupied. So my country fully shares the pain of the Ukrainian people when children were forcibly transferred to the territory of the Russian Federation, where there is instability and confrontation in the Black Sea region" - Georgian President Zurabishvili, a French citizen;

"Russia attacked Finland during the Second World War. We lost 10 per cent of our territory, I lost the territory where my grandfather was born" - Finnish President Stubb;

"Yesterday Putin made proposals to end the war, but he's not talking about negotiations, he's talking about the capitulation of Ukraine" - US Vice-President Harris.

I can hate my neighbour, but if he doesn't buy my goods, I will go bankrupt. .... These ideas are now out of fashion.