Ukraine Quotes - Page 2

• The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.

  Bob Schaffer

  Agency, News, Down And

  "Go Orange!". National Review Online Interview, www.nationalreview.com. November 30, 2004.

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• Russia should recognize the freedom of countries, such as Ukraine, to choose their alliances.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Country, Russia, Alliances

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• Today, it is more important than ever to strengthen transatlantic relations. Only by co-operating closely can the EU and the US continue to make a difference when dealing with unprecedented challenges such as Daesh, the threats to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, climate change and migration.

  Donald Tusk

  Integrity, Differences, Challenges

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on Russian aircraft. But, then, as a result of the Ukraine crisis, the US Congress imposed sanctions on Russia and the equipment could no longer be delivered to us. I am proud of our security and defense forces.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Russia, Decision, Proud

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Our friends can't trust us anymore. You know, Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them. We won't even give them offensive weapons.

  Benjamin Carson

  Giving, Understanding, Nuclear

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I grew up in the Ukraine 'til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A.

  Mila Kunis

  Grew Up, Grew, Moved

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• You cannot compare any leaders in America to what Vladimir Putin has done. This is a man and a regime that has taken down a passenger plane in Ukraine, killing hundreds of people.

  Amy Klobuchar

  Taken, Men, America

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Vladimir Putin is a human rights abuser, responsible for deaths in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria, not to mention curious murders of his political opponents and journalists.

  Jake Tapper

  Rights, Political, Opponents

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I happen to think that as the Ukraine moves to the West, towards the E.U., eventually towards NATO, it will pave the way also for Russia moving towards the West. Because it will become a logical extension of the same process, and it will eliminate any imperial ambitions.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Moving, Ambition, Thinking

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• We had very good discussions on current security challenges and NATO's continued adaptation to meet them. Canada is a committed ally and a capable contributor to international security. We appreciate your quick decision to deploy forces, planes and ships to strengthen our collective defence in view of Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine, as well as your contribution to the international anti-ISIL coalition. Canada plays a major part in our decision-making and helps keep the vital bond between Europe and North America strong.

  Jens Stoltenberg

  Strong, America, Views

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• We're opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which is a threat to the world, as we saw in the appalling shoot-down of MH17.

  Barack Obama

  Memorable, Russia, World

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• The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on "official" institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny.

  Bob Schaffer

  Destiny, Reality, Media

  "Go Orange!". National Review Interview, www.nationalreview.com. November 30, 2004.

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• There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people.

  Viktor Yushchenko

  People, Today, Conflict

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• You have to decide in advance whether you're ready go to war. If you guys are ready to send a million troops into Ukraine and fight World War III, you're going to do it without my support because I think that's a really foolish notion.

  Rand Paul

  War, Fighting, Thinking

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I talk with countries, whether it's the Arab states or in the Middle East, and they talk about how they're glad to see us fighting against Iran. I talk with different countries in reference to Syria, and we talk about how we can get the Iranian influence out. We're talking about North Korea and what we need to do and the pressure we need to put on China. They're happy that we're finally beating up on Russia for what they've done in the Ukraine.

  Nikki Haley

  Country, Fighting, Russia

  "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. April 2, 2017.

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• Every other country where there's absolute chaos now, what is it? They're pluralistic without consensus. Look at almost every single country, from Syria, to Iraq, to Iran, Ukraine, no matter where it is. I just think it is totally counter to our tradition.

  Joe Biden

  Country, Thinking, Iraq

  Interview with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. February 18, 2016.

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• Russia committed an act of aggression in Ukraine, and that's the first time since 1945 a European country has seized the territory of another European country. That's serious business. They started a war with their neighbor. Their troops as well as the separatists funded and controlled by Russia are killing people just about every day.

  Daniel Fried

  Country, War, Russia

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Ukraine is a tinderbox, and the fuse is lit. There is no solution through violence in Ukraine.

  Frank-Walter Steinmeier

  Violence, Lit, Solutions

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• God's intention is to transform your life, your promised land, and your nation, and to use you to bring back the earth to Himself, just as He is doing with us in Ukraine

  Sunday Adelaja

  Land, Use, Earth

  Sunday Adelaja (2008). “Church Shift”, p.27, Charisma Media

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• In spite of the frightful pogroms which took place, first in Poland and then in unprecedented fashion in the Ukraine, and which cost the lives of thousands of Jews, the Jewish people considered the post-war period as a messianic era. Israel, during those years, 1919-1920, rejoiced in Eastern and Southern Europe, in Northern and Southern Africa, and above all in America.

  Denis Fahey

  Fashion, War, Israel

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• Hillary Clinton's top priority when she became secretary of state was the Russian reset. The Russian reset. After the Russian reset, the Russians invaded Ukraine and took over Crimea.

  Mike Pence

  Priorities, Clinton, States

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Russia can be either an empire or a democracy, but it cannot be both. . . . Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an empire, but with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Russia, Democracy, Empires

  "Russia's lost swagger" by William Harrison, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2008.

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• They are constantly trying to drive us into a corner because we have an independent position, because we maintain it and because we tell it like it is and don't engage in hypocrisy. But there is a limit to everything. And with Ukraine, our Western partners have crossed the line, playing the bear and acting irresponsibly and unprofessionally.

  Vladimir Putin

  Powerful, Independent, Hypocrisy

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• Ukraine will be reforming its energy sector because we want to integrate into Europe, ... We have conducted all the talks and reached an agreement with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Poland and Georgia.

  Viktor Yushchenko

  Agreement, Azerbaijan, Europe

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• I don't mind being at their side, with respect to the Ukraine. But why should we always be out front? How many times can we be out in front on these issues?

  Donald Trump

  Issues, Mind, Sides

  Source: www.economist.com

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