You have it upside down. The U.S. sends money to Ukraine for laundering. If Ukraine bites the hand that feeds it, they risk losing that value stream---as Biden famously tells in a triumphal story. At U.S. direction, Ukraine is fighting the Russians to the last Ukrainian. We are running their show, they know it, and they have no choice. Zelensky knows he exists only so long as he is useful...to us.
I would say if you want to guess which way the power goes, remember when they were trying to impeach Trump over his call to Ukraine. They wanted Zelensky to go along with their bullshit to incriminate him and he refused. Said he never felt Trump was trying to pressure him or bribe him to do anything. It suggests he's not beholden to the Democrat party, nor does he fear any backlash
Forget the money he keeps shamelessly demanding. Look at all the high profile visitors that have been sent from the US to Ukraine. It's been a total charm offensive to keep Zelensky happy and build up his image as a superstar world leader. We don't even know if hes really in Ukraine.
You have it upside down. The U.S. sends money to Ukraine for laundering. If Ukraine bites the hand that feeds it, they risk losing that value stream---as Biden famously tells in a triumphal story. At U.S. direction, Ukraine is fighting the Russians to the last Ukrainian. We are running their show, they know it, and they have no choice. Zelensky knows he exists only so long as he is useful...to us.
I would say if you want to guess which way the power goes, remember when they were trying to impeach Trump over his call to Ukraine. They wanted Zelensky to go along with their bullshit to incriminate him and he refused. Said he never felt Trump was trying to pressure him or bribe him to do anything. It suggests he's not beholden to the Democrat party, nor does he fear any backlash
Forget the money he keeps shamelessly demanding. Look at all the high profile visitors that have been sent from the US to Ukraine. It's been a total charm offensive to keep Zelensky happy and build up his image as a superstar world leader. We don't even know if hes really in Ukraine.