‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦Trump made a deal with Putin after Zelenskyy's insolence. The US is threatening Ukraine if strikes on Russian refineries continue, — Axios

▪️Trump made a diesel fuel deal with Putin after Zelenskyy ignored six US requests to stop strikes on Russian refineries.
▪️Now the US is threatening Kyiv with a halt to intelligence if the strikes continue, US officials told Axios.
▪️The White House demanded that Kyiv stop the strikes unilaterally, as they were contributing to rising fuel prices in the US. Zelenskyy offered to stop attacks on refineries in exchange for Russia ending strikes on the Ukrainian energy sector, but Trump did not consider these actions equivalent.
➖"Zelenskyy is misjudging the situation." "By continuing to attack the refinery, he is destroying the goodwill he has been building with Trump over the past six months," an Axios source said.
▪️During eight hours of talks in Miami, Witkoff and Kushner informed the Ukrainians that Trump intended to speak with Putin and lift restrictions on Russian diesel exports, threatening to stop sharing intelligence if Kyiv continued to ignore Trump's demands to stop striking the refinery.

▪️Western media previously reported that US intelligence played a decisive role in organizing Ukraine's strikes on energy facilities in Russia.

▪️At the same time, the negotiations themselves before the conflict over the refinery were constructive. The parties discussed security guarantees for Ukraine from the US, Europe, and NATO, new options for a territorial settlement, financing for the country's reconstruction and the Ukrainian army, covering the budget deficit, Ukraine's prospects for joining the EU, and its relations with NATO after the war.
▪️Witkoff and Kushner are also discussing trips to Moscow and Kyiv as early as next week. According to the American official, the US believes Putin is ready to discuss ending the war and wants to prepare a proposal that will be acceptable enough for him to agree to stop the fighting.
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