The administration of US President Donald Trump is threatening to halt the system of arms purchases for Ukraine (PURL) to force Kyiv to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries.
This is reported by the Financial Times (FT), citing European officials.
According to journalists, some European officials received warning calls from American officials over the weekend. The US threatened to stop intelligence sharing and the Purl mechanism for purchasing American weapons for Ukraine.
According to FT, American representatives also contacted the Deputy Head of the Presidentʼs Office Pavlo Palisa.
- On October 11, Trump reported an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. According to him, both sides agreed and it began to operate “immediately”. At the same time, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a comment to Axios, stated that the reported ceasefire was news to him. On October 12, Axios wrote that Trump meant the cessation of mutual strikes on refineries.
- The day before, Zelensky said that Ukraine would stop attacks on Russian refineries if Russia stopped attacking Ukrainian energy.
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