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Ukraine’s Dictator Vladimir Zelensky along with a cadre of officials from Kiev will be meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. this week. The delegation has already departed Ukraine for the United States, with the Dictator scheduled for his American appearance on Friday.
The Ukrainian delegation has departed for the United States: Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, and several representatives of the diplomatic sector. They will hold a number of meetings.
I will also have the opportunity to come to Washington and meet with President Trump on Friday. I believe we will discuss a series of steps that I intend to propose. I am grateful to President Trump for our dialogue and his support.
There will be several other important meetings – with defense companies, and possibly with senators and members of Congress. I will also meet with energy companies. This is necessary – it was President Trump’s proposal – and I will meet with these companies because there are pressing needs linked to various formats of attacks, not even the attacks that Russia has already carried out. In any case, we must be prepared. So, it will be helpful.
Therefore, the main focus of the visit is air defense and our long-range capabilities aimed at exerting pressure on Russia for the sake of peace.
The Ukrainian delegation has departed for the United States: Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, and several representatives of the diplomatic sector. They will hold…
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There may be a number of takeaways from the Dictator’s announcement, with perhaps the most ominous being “the main focus of the visit is air defense and our long-range capabilities.”
The President has been mulling over the idea of sending long-range missiles to Ukraine over the last several weeks. The missile’s in question are nuclear-capable, and only after they strike their targets deep within Russia will Moscow know if they are being nuked or not. Notably, when the autopen presidency of Joe Biden approved the use of long-range missiles against targets deep within Russia last year, a thermonuclear war nearly broke out.
Moscow’s current nuclear doctrine allows for Russia to respond to non-nuclear attacks with nuclear counterattacks, something the Kremlin has been warning the West about.
“There will be several other important meetings – with defense companies, and possibly with senators and members of Congress. I will also meet with energy companies. This is necessary – it was President Trump’s proposal – and I will meet with these companies because there are pressing needs linked to various formats of attacks, not even the attacks that Russia has already carried out,” the Dictator said.
Two Western agendas may be sought in regard to the future of Ukraine. On one side there is Trump’s mineral deal, which seeks to repay the U.S. for its support to Kiev via Ukraine’s natural resources. On the other side there is Zelensky’s Victory Plan, which seeks to escalate the war to a global thermonuclear war.
