#Russia

President of Ukraine

20 Apr 2024 7 4

Antony Blinken

Inserted 18 hours ago

“When it comes to Russia's defense industrial base the primary contributor in this moment to that is China. We see China sharing machine tools, semiconductors, other dual use items that have helped Russia rebuild the defense industrial base. China can't have it both ways. It can't afford that. You want to have positive, friendly relations with countries in Europe, and at the same time, you are fueling the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War.”

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U.S. Secretary of State

19 Apr 2024 6 2

Ruth Harris

Inserted 5 days ago

“War is a physical human endeavour and you have a force that is utterly exhausted, not slightly fatigued. It's a heavily attritional war. It's messy, it's bloody, there is nothing glorious about this. The glide bombs that are currently used are hugely devastating. They're cheap to make. They are pretty damn accurate and they can be adapted really quickly. They are fast and [the Russians] have a lot of them. This is a war of mass cost and pace. That's the operational factor on the ground.”

Head of military research at the RAND Corporation, a US Air Force think tank

18 Apr 2024 4 2

Lloyd Austin

Inserted 6 days ago

“Whether it's munitions, whether it's vehicles, whether it's platforms, I'll just tell you that Ukraine right now is facing some dire battlefield conditions. We're already seeing things on the battlefield begin to shift a bit in Russia's favour. We are seeing them make incremental gains. We're seeing the Ukrainians be challenged in terms of holding the line.”

US Secretary of Defense

17 Apr 2024 5 2

Robert Fico

Inserted 6 days ago

“According to international law, we all recognise another country's territorial integrity, sovereignty, and the inviolability of its borders. This is a sound theory of international law. But the Russians will never give up Crimea, Donbas, or Luhansk. There is no military solution and never will be. There will only be 100,000 more dead on one side or the other. The only thing that can help is for NATO to interfere, and this is World War III.”

Slovak Prime Minister

17 Apr 2024 8 1

Xi Jinping

Inserted 6 days ago

“First, we should prioritize the upholding of peace and stability and refrain from seeking selfish gains. Second, we should cool down the situation and not add fuel to the fire. Third, we need to create conditions for the restoration of peace and refrain from further exacerbating tensions. Fourth, we should reduce the negative impact on the world economy and refrain from undermining the stability of global industrial and supply chains.”

President of the People's Republic of China

16 Apr 2024 7 1

Nazar Voloshyn

Inserted 1 week ago

“This is the dominant height in the region, and control over it will allow the Russian invaders, if they achieve it, to significantly simplify the advance in the direction of Kostiantynivka and the direction of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. These cities are the last stronghold of Donetsk Oblast, which is under the control of Ukraine.”

Spokesman for the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group of Forces

16 Apr 2024 8 4

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 week ago

“There were 11 missiles flying. We destroyed the first seven, and [the remaining] four destroyed Trypillia [village in which the Trypilska thermal power plant is situated]. Why? Because there were zero missiles. We ran out of missiles to defend Trypillia.”

President of Ukraine

16 Apr 2024 4 3

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 1 week ago

“The situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days in the face of a heightened Russian offensive. There had been a significant intensification of the enemy's offensive after the presidential elections in Russia.”

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Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

13 Apr 2024 4 2

Phillips O’Brien

Inserted 1 week ago

“The Russians both seemed to draw as much Ukrainian air defence as possible to Kyiv, then spread the rest out around the country with a series of attacks. And then, when they had basically reduced Kharkiv's air defence to as small as possible, they launched a mass attack against Kharkiv's power.”

Professor of Strategic Studies at St Andrews University

10 Apr 2024 (approx) 7 2

Cui Heng

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Some Western countries have always blamed China for its 'pro-Russia' stance, but actually we are just asking for a mechanism that can be accepted by all parties and can treat everyone equally. China's stance is based on the desire to stop the bloodshed, but the US' stance is to use the [Russia-Ukraine] conflict to weaken Russia as much as possible. The development of the crisis to some extent depends on the US presidential election later this year. If Donald Trump is elected, there will be a chance to break the deadlock, but if Joe Biden gets reelected, we might also see some changes, as Washington and its allies might not be able to afford the war anymore.”

Scholar from the Shanghai-based China National Institute for SCO International Exchange and Judicial Cooperation

09 Apr 2024 9 1

Li Haidong

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“China and Russia will not target any third party, but if hegemonic forces threaten China and Russia, or threaten world peace, China and Russia will stand together and fight to protect their own interests and safeguard world peace together.”

Professor at the China Foreign Affairs University

09 Apr 2024 2 2

Yi Wang

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“China and Russia should always stay on the right course on major matters of principle. As permanent members of the UN Security Council and major emerging countries, China and Russia actively respond to the common aspirations and legitimate concerns of the people of all countries, advocate a new path of state-to-state relations featuring dialogue and partnership rather than confrontation and alliance, and actively promote the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.”

State Councillor and China's foreign minister

09 Apr 2024 2 2

Josep Borrell

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Reckless drone attack against Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant increases risk of dangerous nuclear accident. Such attacks must stop. Full support for Director General Rapahel M Grossi and IAEA. Russia should withdraw from Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.”

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

09 Apr 2024 5 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“If they [Russia] keep hitting [Ukraine] every day the way they have for the last month, we might run out of missiles, and the partners know it.”

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President of Ukraine

06 Apr 2024 2 2

Kateryna Stepanenko

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Ukraine can't exploit the high levels of attrition that Russian units suffer. Russian forces lost at least three mechanized divisions of manpower and equipment in the campaign for Avdiivka, and Ukraine was unable to counterattack around Avdiivka and exploit the conditions of Russian exhaustion. Ukraine has no choice but to dig in and try to anticipate to the best of its ability where, when, and at what intensity Russian forces will attack next.”

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Russia Deputy Team Lead and Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington

06 Apr 2024 6 3

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul so that we rely less on the voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term offers and more on multiyear pledges. The reason why we do this is the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine. It is serious. We see how Russia is pushing, and we see how they try to win this war by just waiting us out.”