The US is asking Ukraine to take control of a pipe caring Russian gas. The movement, described as a colonial blackmail
The US demanded control over a crucial pipeline in Ukraine, used to send Russian gas to Europe, in a movement described as a colonial blackmail. The pipeline was built in the Soviet period and is a key element of the national infrastructure.
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On Friday, April 11, US and Ukrainian officials met to discuss US proposals for a mineral agreement, Trump wishing Kiev to surrender their natural resources as a “reward” for the military aid offered by the Biden Administration, writes news.ro.
The last American project is more “maximalist” than the initial version of February, which proposed to offer to Washington of rare metals worth $ 500 billion, as well as oil and gas.
According to a source close to the discussions, the latest document includes a request as International Development Corporation of the US government to take control of the natural gas pipeline, which starts from the Sudzha city in western Russia and reaches the Ukrainian city, about 1,200 km away, on the EU and Slovakia border.
Built in the Soviet period, the pipeline is a key element of national infrastructure and a major energy route.
Volodimir Landa, main economist at the Center for Economic Strategy, a Kiev Thinktank, said the Americans will “get everything they can.” He stated that their aggressive “colonial” aggressive requests have little chance of being accepted by Kiev.
On April 10, Zelenski had stated that he was ready to conclude an agreement for the modernization of his country, but that Ukraine could only agree if there were “parity” between the two parties, with divided incomes “50-50”.
“I only defend what belongs to Ukraine. It should be beneficial for both the United States and Ukraine. This is the right thing to do“, Zelenski said. The US Treasury confirmed that there are discussions”TECHNICAL”.
Keith Kellogg, the US special envoy in Ukraine, said his remarks about a possible division of Ukraine were misinterpreted. In an interview with Times, Kellogg said the country could be divided “almost like Berlin after World War II”, As part of a peace agreement.
He had declared X that he was referring to “a strength of resilience after cessation of fire in support of Ukraine's sovereignty. “
The US representative, Steve Witkoff, met Vladimir Putin on Friday at Saint Petersburg, while Donald Trump asked the Russian president to “move” about the cessation of fire in Ukraine, reports the BBC.
At the same time, at a meeting of the contact group for the defense of Ukraine, Kiev allies announced an additional military aid of 21 billion euros.
On Saturday, Russia has made new air attacks against Ukrainian civilian objectives. Three warehouses were destroyed in Kyiv, and two people were injured. The Kremlin has launched 70 missiles and 2,200 drones on Ukraine from the American fire cessation proposal on March 11, Ukrainian officials said.
Zelenski paid tribute to a 26-year-old pilot on Saturday, Captain Pavlo Ivanov, who was killed during a F-16 fighter mission. The small air force of Ukraine defends “heroic” the country of rockets and Russian drones and supports terrestrial operations, he said.
