White House announced Wednesday night that it had signed economic partnership with Ukraine

[sharot724]

The political move here is that the US now has legitimacy to operate in Ukraine. The US is not offering "blind and free military support", but rather, it is "protecting its economic interests." Let's see how this plays out, but we may find that bully Russia now has to stand up to someone their own size.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/us-ukraine-sign-economic-deal-terms-natural-resources-war-torn-country-rcna203963

[simple1]

Remember Trump originally claimed Ukraine owed hundreds of billions to USA. Interesting contradictions, as ever hard to know the truth when dealing with Trump Administration...from the article...

 

Trump said earlier Wednesday that the agreement would serve as an avenue for the United States to recoup funds it has provided to Ukraine throughout its war with Russia, a figure the State Department has placed at $66.5 billion in terms of military assistance.

 

It is unclear how much of the money will go toward repaying the United States. Svyrydenko said in her post that the agreement "includes no provisions regarding any Ukrainian debt obligations to the United States."

[Captain Flack]

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