'A Lot of Ukrainians Are Feeling Extremely Betrayed' by Trump's Russian Diesel Deal
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The confusion of the Continent after the understanding on diesel between the USA and Russia: "It is the beginning of a generalized barter on the skin of Ukraine"
Between radical scepticism and blatant criticism. Both the EU, as well as Ukrainian leaders, and the Russian opposition to the Kremlin, the main actors in the war in the Slavic country, did not hide their displeasure at the agreement reached last Friday between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to partially lift sanctions on hydrocarbons and allow the import, over the next few months, of almost a million tons of R…
'A lot of Ukrainians are feeling extremely betrayed' by Trump's Russian diesel deal
Reporting from central Ukraine, FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg says that "a lot of Ukrainians are feeling extremely betrayed by a country that until recently they saw not only as an ally but as a beacon of freedom and democracy, a country whose values they should aspire to. All of that is falling apart very quickly and Ukrainians' admiration for the United States is disintegrating."
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he made the right decision for the American people when he agreed with Russian leader Vladimir Putin last week to deliver up to five million tons of oil. He wrote on his own Truth Social network, where he also argued that the European Union had also paid Russia for energy in the past.
While US President Trump is making the diesel deal with Kremlin chief Putin, the EU is increasing pressure on Russia. Will Europeans hold on?
The US President, who is increasingly panicking before the Midterm elections, is indirectly seeking help from Putin - while the EU is deciding the largest package of sanctions against Russia since the beginning of the war.
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