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A Ukrainian official told Axios on Friday that during a meeting with American negotiators in Miami, Trump’s emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner threatened that Trump might stop sharing American intelligence data if Ukraine continued to ignore his requests. A U.S. official denied these reports, stating that Witkoff and Kushner told the Ukrainians that the United States is a strong partner, providing ammunition and intelligence data, and therefore Ukraine should not take actions that harm American consumers, both stated. #rozejm #Ukraina #DonaldTrump (translated)

A Ukrainian official said to Axios on Friday that during a meeting with American negotiators in Miami, Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner threatened that Trump might stop sharing American intelligence data if Ukraine continued to ignore his requests. A U.S. official denied these reports, claiming that Witkoff and Kushner told the Ukrainians that the United States is a strong partner, providing ammunition and intelligence data, and therefore Ukraine should not take actions that harm American consumers, they stated. #rozejm #Ukraina #DonaldTrump (translated)

The author said Kyiv Post had reported that Witkoff and Kushner offered Putin frozen Russian assets held in Europe and sanctions relief in exchange for a limited energy and maritime truce. The author added that the proposal would have involved funds belonging to others. https://t.co/AX8TTKEqP9 #Kyiv #Putin #Sanctions #UA #RU

Régis Le Sommier wrote that those close to Volodymyr Zelensky had waited nearly eight hours in Miami on Friday to discuss the end of the war, before being surprised by Donald Trump's agreement with Vladimir Putin on diesel. Citing the Financial Times and its editor Lucas, he indicated that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had discussed the possibility of suspending American intelligence sharing if Kyiv continued its strikes against Russian refineries. According to Le Sommier, a senior Ukrainian official had responded that these strikes would continue regardless. He added that Washington had already interrupted intelligence sharing in the past. #Ukraine #Russie #Guerre (translated)

Today in the Military World stated that a large Russian oil tanker was about to arrive on the east coast of the US, after departing from St. Petersburg on September 22. The author said that this indicated that the agreement announced by Trump the day before for the purchase of Russian diesel had already been arranged with Putin weeks earlier. He also stated that Witkoff, whom he described as Trump's millionaire friend, and Kushner, married to the president's daughter, were in Moscow on September 5, when the agreement was likely formalized. #Petroleo #EUA #Rússia (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that Donald Trump's Russia policy may not have been guided by a coherent strategy. According to him, Trump made decisions one by one, seeking quick political gains, and then had to fix the consequences. In his assessment, Vanhanen linked Trump's diminished commitment to arming Ukraine, the energy price increases resulting from the war in Iran, and the recent diesel trade with Russia. He believed that trade could bolster the Russian economy and give Vladimir Putin a means to pressure Ukraine into halting strikes on Russia's oil refineries. Vanhanen also criticized Trump for condemning strikes that he claimed weakened Russia's war economy. Vanhanen noted that Trump’s administration had not sought significant new funding from Congress for arming Ukraine. According to him, previously agreed deliveries had continued, and European countries had purchased American weapons for Ukraine. He stated that Trump was not fundamentally on the side of Ukraine or Europe but was primarily pursuing his own interests. According to Vanhanen, Finland's security should not be built on the assumption that there is a plan behind Trump's decisions that would turn in favor of Europe. He urged preparedness for the possibility that U.S. aid could be delayed or smaller than expected, to strengthen the availability of defense equipment and air defense, and to deepen cooperation with Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Britain, Poland, and the Baltic countries. He also believed that Europe should be able to support Ukraine and maintain economic pressure on Russia by its own means. #Trump #Venäjä #Ukraina (translated)

Andrej Fiskovec stated that the Russians spoke a few weeks ago about shortening the ban on diesel exports. According to him, Kushner and Witkoff must have known about it when they were in Moscow and later went to Kyiv. He described the actions of the American side as extraordinarily disgusting and wrote that it should never be forgotten. #Rusko #Export #USA (translated)

The author wrote that Russia had also amassed 300,000 tons of diesel fuel, which — in his opinion — indicated complete commitment to saving a trading partner from the White House. He added that if the leaks confirming that Witkoff and Kushner negotiated the deal on September 5 in Moscow while Trump merely announced it are verified, the picture of the situation will be complete. #Rosja #olejnapędowy #polityka #RU #US #BY (translated)

BrennpunktUA reported that Trump is apparently getting a Russian tanker full of diesel for his midterm election campaign. The tanker left St. Petersburg for the USA on September 22, which suggests that the agreement with Putin was not spontaneous. This clarifies what Witkoff and Kushner actually did in Moscow, BrennpunktUA added. #Trump #Putin #Wahlkampf (translated)

Magda wrote that Donald Trump, through Witkoff, threatened Ukraine with a cutoff from American intelligence if it did not stop attacks on Russian refineries. She added that Russia continued to bomb Ukrainian power plants, energy networks, and cities, and that Trump was not giving an ultimatum to Vladimir Putin, but to Ukraine. She assessed that Trump ultimately sided with the aggressor. #Ukraina #Trump #Rosja (translated)