The actual agreement must be ratified by the Ukrainian parliament before entry into force. Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal assured before signing the deal: “Ukraine keeps control of its resources. This means that sovereignty, infrastructure, raw materials are not part or a prerequisite for the fund or the agreement.”
Selenskyj had proposed the agreement last autumn to appeal to Trump’s self -image as a businessman and to maintain security guarantees in the United States. After everything that is known, the hope of such guarantees was not fulfilled.
Last weekend, Selenskyj came together in Rome on the edge of the funeral service after the death of Pope Francis for a conversation with Trump. Pictures of how the two statesmen sitting on two chairs went around the world. When asked about what he said Selenskyj, Trump now replied on US television that he advised the Ukrainian to sign an agreement “because Russia is much bigger and much stronger”.
Meanwhile, Russia continues its war of aggression with undiminished hardness. According to local authorities, two people were killed in a large drone attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa on the night. Several -story houses, a supermarket, a school and cars were damaged and several fires broke out, said regional governor Oleh Kiper. The city of Charkiw and the city of Sumy not far from the Russian border were also attacked. The information could not be checked independently.
