Ukraine fears US will again push a deal giving Russia 'a lot' and Kyiv nothing

anything outrageous is defo possible

“I told Zelenskyy, I told him, ‘you’ve gotta think of the Babushkas. They sent their sons to war. I said that was a bad idea, but they did. These Babushkas, old ladies, that’s what they call old ladies in Russian, not baboons, Babushkas. These baboons, they sent their sons to war. It was terrible, I said, but they did it. Not like us. I said before I was elected we’d have no new wars, and I just ended that terrible war with Iran. They’re no good people, those Iranians, not like the Russians. I told Zelenskyy, you’ve gotta think of the Russians, they’ve sacrificed so much.”

That's what is happening right now. Ukraine has pushed Russians out of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk back in 2014. And now Trump and Russia are demanding those cities to start negotiations (even not for a ceasefire, or stopping the war)

Nah, he'll come and take credit for it all.

People need to understand, that the reason Trump is supporting Ukraine invasion is because he would love to do the same to US neighbors.

"Very unfair! Many people are saying! Thank you for paying attention to my rear end!"

I thought you were going to go down the path of, ‘If Ukraine pushes Russia back, Trump will claim victory and HIS peace talks worked’ - completely overlooking Ukraine’s own efforts. 😅 both paths seem highly likely.

NATO like security guarantees from the US after the war. Though I don't know how much those are worth considering the American voter.

Starlink. Also, Trump could block the EU from supplying U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine. I have zero doubt Trump can always sink lower.

There are lots of small things, like withholding Patriot missiles or parts for all the American gear in Ukraine. It's not as much as it was, but there are some unpleasant steps they could still take to make things worse for Ukraine. I'm not sure it's politically viable to go from non-support to actively sabotaging Ukraine, though. The intelligence sharing is probably quite valuable for the US, they will be getting valuable intel in return.

Trump could lift sanctions or start supplying ruzzia with arms.

US sanctions have significantly weakened Russia's economy and prevent Russia from obtaining US components for their military industry, at least at a mass production level. Yes, Russia isn't ever going to be able to buy something like a Tomahawk, but without sanctions they could buy a lot of off the shelf electronic equipment that would significantly increase their capabilities. Also, the biggest thing that Ukraine wants as part of a peace deal is a security guarantee. The EU cannot credibly offer that - obviously the EU can guarantee whatever they want, but nobody takes the EU seriously as far as military capabilities or resolve to commit to military action. The US is the only country that can credibly offer a security guarantee. Finally, nothing that Ukraine is getting from the EU will let them win the war. At best they can just drag things out, but they'll continue to be stuck in what is, at best, a stalemate. At *some point* Ukraine will run out of manpower, and then no amount of EU aid will do anything to help them. In other words, all the EU can do is to perpetuate the current situation, and not indefinitely. The US can provide what it takes to end the war - either by letting Russia win or providing Ukraine with what it needs to feel safe going forward.

Capability to shoot down ballistic missiles is bought from the U.S and there are currently few alternatives. When the U.S pulls out completely and blocks off Europe from buying arms Ukraine won't be able to shoot down ballistic millies.

Can threaten to invade them on behalf of Putin 

>Most ammunition comes from European production not US production This is unfortunately incorrect, Europe is buying weapons from the usa for Ukraine.

US still shared intelligence and sells weapons. In theory USA can stop doing both. It's lot LESS leverage compared to when USA was donating weapons (which is how Biden for example managed to ask Ukraine to bot hit oil facilities in Russian), but it's still some leverage.

Don't give him ideas

"Boots in the ground"

Remember when we could just ignore the news without living in constant fear of the next insane thing of the week happening? Pepperidge farm remembers 

I imagine they are planning for it. I think a small part of that plan is to say/leak things that encourage the publication of articles like this that result in a degree of preemptive pushback from people/nations friendly to Ukraine.

As if leverage over Ukraine moved us towards peace. You need two to negotiate a deal, and Trump only had leverage over the party already at the table.