FT: США threatens to block the supply of weapons to Ukraine due to attacks on Russian НПЗ
The administration of President США Дональда Трампа threatens to stop the sale of American weapons to Ukraine, demanding to stop the strikes of the Defense Forces on the Russian energy infrastructure.
About it reports Financial Times European officials who received calls from U.S. officials on Saturday and Sunday or were briefed on them.
The White House declined to confirm or comment on the calls.
According to FT interlocutors, representatives of США threatened to stop the exchange of intelligence data with Ukraine and block the mechanism of PURL - the НАТО initiative, according to which the European states and Canada finance the purchase of American-made products for Ukraine
«Вони телефонують до Києва... вони телефонують усім [в Європі]», said the official, who was called by the representative of the defense Ministry США.
Among those with whom США spoke were Павло Паліса, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
We will remind, today the President of США Дональд Трамп announced in a post on Truth Social, that Ukraine and Russia have reached an agreement to stop attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure.
«У війні між Росією та Україною негайно набуває чинності ЕНЕРГЕТИЧНЕ ПРИПИННЯ. Обидві сторони домовилися. Не порушуйте його!», he wrote.
The President of Володимир Зеленський reported that Russia attacked ТЕЦ-5 in Kharkiv, despite the announcement of the President of США Дональдом Трампом «енергетичного перемир'я».
He also wrote in social networks that Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries if Russia stops attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
«Україна буде готова зупинити удари по російських НПЗ, якщо Росія перестане наносити удари по нашій енергетичній інфраструктурі. Будь-які деескалаційні кроки мають бути взаємними та зі справжніми гарантіями», the head of state said.
According to Zelensky, in just a week, Russian troops fired about 1450 guided aerial bombs, 75 missiles of various types and over 1640 strike drones. About 60% of drones were jet.
