Ukrainian MP: US finds it easier to pressure Ukraine

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00:00Do you feel, though, at all that Ukraine is somehow being pressured into making compromises

00:06and that Russia isn't responding by making corresponding compromises?

00:11Well, we haven't seen that the United States would be putting some pressure to Russia.

00:19This is why we are very interested to see what would be the reaction of Russia to the

00:24U.S. proposal, and if they will decline that, what would happen next.

00:29Because I mean, we have seen that it was rather easier to pressure Ukraine into getting into

00:34the table of negotiations because we are dependent on the United States for our military aid

00:40and intelligence.

00:43And we didn't see what was in the, quoting Donald Trump, what is in the cards for Russia.

00:50So I think we will observe that.

00:53Of course, I think that for Ukraine, it was easier for the United States to bring Ukraine

00:59to the table than it would be to deal with Russia.