U.S. “Why are you asking for arms support when it’s like a threat level?”
Ukraine: ‘excessive tensions in the West have adversely affected the economy’
There are reports one after another that the U.S. and Ukraine disagree over the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is causing a rift between the leaders of the two countries.
U.S. President Joe Biden and his aides have expressed dissatisfaction with the unthankful acceptance of U.S. assistance as Ukrainian leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, reduce the threat of a Russian invasion, CNN reported. did.
“I don’t know why the Ukrainian leadership is distorting information by leaking information when the United States remains Ukraine’s only true friend,” a U.S. official told CNN.
“If the level of threat (Russia) hasn’t changed, why is (Ukraine) requesting additional weapons?”
On the other hand, the Ukrainian leadership expressed dissatisfaction that the United States overreacted to the current situation, causing panic and chaos in the Ukrainian economy.
“A preemptive deterrence policy, such as immediate sanctions on the Nordstream-2 gas pipeline, by the United States is better than verbal warnings that have been issued for more than a month or two in recent months,” Zelensky’s aide told CNN.
“The verbal warning has no deterrent and is unintentionally negatively impacting the Ukrainian economy.”
CNN interpreted this disagreement as a reflection of ongoing concerns within Ukraine that the US is using Ukraine as a pawn in the chess board of the US-Russia geopolitical confrontation.
CNN reported that Ukraine’s dissatisfaction is that the Ukraine issue is being dealt with as a secondary issue among the major conflicts between the US and Russia.
Politico, an American political media outlet, also cited President Zelensky’s press conference on the same day as an example and reported that the differences between the US and Ukraine about the possibility of a Russian invasion are deepening.
At a press conference, President Zelensky criticized the West’s excessive warning of an impending Russian invasion, putting the country’s economy at risk.
“Western leaders say there is going to be a war tomorrow,” he said.
He continued, “We don’t need panic like this,” he said, saying, “I’ve never seen such a escalation of tension like the craze of Western media.
This is already having a negative impact on the Ukrainian economy,” he complained.
Contrary to President Zelensky’s claim, the US continues to warn of the imminent danger of war, saying that Russia has accumulated military power to occupy a large part of Ukraine’s territory.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on the 28th that it is unclear whether Russia intends to invade Ukraine, but from a military point of view Russia has the potential to carry out an attack.
He pointed out that the size of the Russian army on the Ukrainian border is “more than the number of regular Russian military training.”
Marc Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, agreed with Austin, saying, “To find the size of a similar Russian military in the past, we will have to go back to the Cold War era.”
/yunhap news
