Trump's risky Ukraine strategy raises global alarm
It has been three years since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A British newspaper is highly critical of the actions of the new American administration regarding Ukraine.
The world watches with concern as Donald Trump makes further remarks about Ukraine. "Ukrainian officials are involved in talks with America, whose brinkmanship is stunning even by Donald Trump's standards," comments "The Economist".
The newspaper recalls that speaking in Kyiv on February 22, after a night of paralysing Russian drone attacks, Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the 'unfair' terms of the latest proposal and insisted that any agreement include military support.
"One question is how much Ukraine will be pressured if an agreement is reached," we read. Unofficially, it is said that this "is not negotiation, but coercion" — assesses "The Economist".
"The second question concerns the repercussions Trump might deliver if Ukraine refuses to sign the deal. In Kyiv, there are growing fears that he may try to cut off the flow of military support, restrict access to the Starlink service, or accelerate his bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin," writes the newspaper.
Sources from the British "The Economist" have called the version of the agreement proposed by the Americans "catastrophic" for Ukraine and peace.
"Since 11 February, there have been three versions of the agreement: bad, better, and catastrophic, pushed by a rotating cast of negotiators from Trump's team, some of whom are from Wall Street. According to the latest 'catastrophic' version of the deal, as Ukrainian officials claim, the country would be asked to hand over 50% of its future state profits from natural resources and infrastructure," comments the British publication.
Trump's troubling words
Trump recently stated, among other things, that Ukraine has no "bargaining chips." He also assessed that President Volodymyr Zelensky's presence at the talks to end the war "is not very important" and once again questioned Russia's responsibility for the invasion. Trump hoped Ukraine would soon sign a deal giving the US a share in its natural resource revenues.
- I want them to give us something for all of the money that we put up - said the US president. The American leader called Zelensky a "dictator without elections" and warned him to "act quickly or else he will not have a country."
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