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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Apr 30, 2025, 09:38 PM Wednesday

US, Ukraine sign economic deal after Trump presses Kyiv to pay back US for help in repelling Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Ukraine announced on Wednesday an economic agreement after a weekslong press by President Donald Trump on Ukraine to compensate Washington for billions in military and economic assistance to help Ukraine repel the Russian invasion.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a video posted to X that “this partnership allows the United States to invest alongside Ukraine, to unlock Ukraine’s growth assets, mobilize American talent, capital and governance standards that will improve Ukraine’s investment climate and accelerate Ukraine’s economic recovery.”

The announcement comes at a critical moment in the war as Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with leaders of Russia and Ukraine with the brutal fighting dragging on.

The American president has criticized his Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for steps that he said were prolonging the killing, and he has rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin for complicating negotiations with “very bad timing” in launching deadly strikes on Kyiv.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-says-deal-end-war-103033795.html

You better not withhold any arms from them after this Krasnov.

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US, Ukraine sign economic deal after Trump presses Kyiv to pay back US for help in repelling Russia (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday OP
And Ukraine also cannot trust Trump to hold his end of the deal and has to give up 20% of its land and never join NATO? Doodley Wednesday #1

Doodley

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1. And Ukraine also cannot trust Trump to hold his end of the deal and has to give up 20% of its land and never join NATO?
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 09:44 PM
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