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The United States has intensified pressure on Ukraine, demanding that it stop strikes on Russian oil refining plants and threatening to suspend the sharing of critically important intelligence data. This came after Donald Trump announced a deal with Moscow to withdraw Russian diesel to the world market.
According to the Financial Times, talks between the Ukrainian delegation and Donald Trump’s representatives in Miami lasted almost eight hours and were effectively derailed. Kyiv did not expect a statement about any US deal with Vladimir Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel fuel.
The United States demands an end to attacks on oil refineries.
During the meeting, Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner informed Ukrainian officials of the United States’ intention to lift restrictions on diesel exports from Russia. At the same time, the American side raised the possibility of halting intelligence sharing if Kyiv does not stop attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.
Ukrainian intelligence uses American data to precisely guide drones to enemy oil-processing facilities with the aim of undermining Moscow’s military economy. Kyiv officials called the demand for a unilateral halt to strikes unfair and prematurely ended the visit to the United States.
At the same time, a senior Ukrainian official confirmed to the publication that Kyiv does not intend to stop destroying Russian oil refineries.
Immediately after the announcement of the deal, Ukrainian forces struck the oil terminal in Rostov-on-Don.
Kyiv’s reaction to the deal with Moscow.
The situation sparked outrage in Ukraine amid massive Russian shelling.
Yes, as a result of a strike by ? on Zaporizhzhia 10 October, at least 15 civilians were killed, and Russian ballistic missiles and drones attacked Kyiv.
President Zelensky emphasized that every additional billion dollars from exporting petroleum products Russia spends on weapons production and on buying components.
What it means for authorizing Russia to sell petroleum products was heard most clearly in Kyiv just now,
— the president said.
He added that the signal from this deal shows the Kremlin the possibility of continuing aggression with impunity instead of obtaining a clear counterforce from Washington.
Implications for international relations.
Oleksandr Merezhko, head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on foreign affairs, stressed that Donald Trump’s decision harms the United States’ reputation and strengthens Russia’s military machine.
In his view, Vladimir Putin is trying to make the American side a co-perpetrator in his war against Ukraine.
Earlier, Trump, conversely, urged Kyiv to intensify strikes on Russian oil refineries to weaken the Kremlin’s economy and force it to negotiate.
Additionally, Washington had already paused intelligence-sharing cooperation with Kyiv for eight days in March of last year after a dispute in the Oval Office, and later laid out conditions for accepting a peace deal under threat of losing defense support.
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