The US has demanded control of a crucial pipeline in Ukraine used to send Russian gas to Europe, according to reports, in a move described as a colonial shakedown.
US and Ukrainian officials met on Friday to discuss White House proposals for a minerals deal. Donald Trump wants Kyiv to hand over its natural resources as “payback” in return for weapons delivered by the previous Biden administration.
Talks have become increasingly acrimonious, Reuters said. The latest US draft is more “maximalist” than the original version from February, which proposed giving Washington $500bn worth of rare metals, as well as oil and gas.
lmfao incredible to see that people still guzzle propaganda about Russian army being on the verge of collapse when even US intelligence admits it’s far stronger than before the start of the war in every conceivable way
But they told us that we were the ones living in a bubble 🤔
Good news is that the real world has a way of asserting itself in the end.