Ukraine warns Trump-Putin diesel deal will bankroll Russia’s war
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to a diesel deal that Ukraine’s leader said would help Russia fund the war. Trump then said it was time for Ukraine to get a new president after Zelenskyy criticized the arrangement.
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This affects Ukrainian officials and the wider Ukraine-facing audience immediately because the dispute is now public and tied to how Russia’s war is financed. It also puts the diesel arrangement in view for people watching US-Ukraine relations, since the criticism and Trump’s reply are both part of the same sequence.
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