Trump's risky Ukraine deal sparks global unrest
It has been three years since the beginning 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 locked in talks with America whose brinkmanship is dizzying even by Donald Trump’s standard," comments "The Economist."
The newspaper recalls that while speaking in Kyiv on February 22, following a night of paralyzing 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 squeezed if an agreement is reached," we read. Unofficially, it is said that this "is not negotiation, but coercion," according to "The Economist".
"The second question concerns the retribution Trump might deliver if Ukraine refuses to sign the deal. In Kyiv, there are growing fears that he may try to choke the flow of military support, cut off access to the Starlink service, or speed up his bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin," writes the newspaper.
Sources in the British newspaper The Economist have called the Americans' proposal for an agreement "catastrophic" for Ukraine and peace.
"Since February 11, 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.
"We want Ukraine to give us something for all the money we put into it," 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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