TREE NEWS update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a “gift to Putin” will not bring peace and offers nothing to the civilized world, adding that allowing Russia to sell oil products amounts to investing in a conflict that must be ended rather than prolonged. The remarks, made in a statement published by Zelensky, target the US president’s position on Russian oil sales.
Zelensky: Trump’s ‘gift to Putin’ will not bring peace
Zelensky's framing turns the oil-sales debate into a test of whether economic engagement with Russia is treated as leverage for ending the war or as an incentive to prolong it. The significance lies less in the statement itself than in the split it exposes between Kyiv and Washington over what pressure on Russian energy actually accomplishes. Whether that divergence hardens into a broader rift among Ukraine's backers is the open question.
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