2/19 “So if you’re not getting anything out of it and if you’re also paying a very high price, which is sanctions from the US, sanctions from the European Union, no effective US relationship, no effective EU relationship...the only benefit of this is for Putin domestically,” Volker said.
2/19 "If it seems that it [Ukraine crisis] can be resolved, then yes, Finland must be mentally and physically involved as long as we have enough resources." President Niinisto told the Finnish media/ However, Niinisto stated that the plan for peacekeeping operations is well in its early stage,
2/17 "It remains to be seen if it's possible," Stoltenberg said/ Stoltenberg, who described his meeting with Lavrov in Munich as "useful," said it was "too early to say" what kind of solution could be reached on the issue of UN peacekeepers in Ukraine.”
2/18 "I've even told Poroshenko and Putin: don't expect me to become someone's man. I will precisely fulfill what you two agree on: if you want me to stand between (the warring sides), I will; if you want to deploy 10,000 Belarusian troops, we will place them on the border wherever you say,"
Separately at Munich, Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said the West should ease some economic sanctions imposed on Russia if Kiev and Moscow implemented a lasting ceasefire in eastern Ukraine with the help of peacekeepers.