{"id":1282326,"date":"2025-08-19T13:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/negotiations-at-the-white-house-more-questions-than-answers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T02:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:53:35","slug":"negotiations-at-the-white-house-more-questions-than-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/negotiations-at-the-white-house-more-questions-than-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind Closed Doors: Questions Linger After White House Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The recent White House meeting between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and several European leaders was meant to signal unity. Instead, it left observers wondering what was said behind closed doors, what was left unsaid, and how the outcomes might reshape transatlantic politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine has been allowed to purchase $100 billion worth of weapons from the US (at European expense), while in return, we promised to supply UAVs for $50 billion. Yet, in a country where drones for the front are mostly purchased by volunteers, this sounds absurd. Are we seriously rushing to sell UAVs to the US as if we had a surplus? And another question: will the US provide us with the necessary electronic components, or will we continue buying Chinese parts through third countries, as we do now?<\/p>\n

We are also promised security guarantees similar to NATO\u2019s Article 5. The internet is already buzzing with the phrase \u201cNATO without NATO.\u201d But let me ask: are we convinced that Article 5\u2014\u201can attack on one is an attack on all\u201d\u2014would work even for NATO members themselves? I have serious doubts. And I fear we may one day see this tested on the example of Latvia or Estonia.<\/p>\n

And finally, the issue of territories\u2014territorial concessions or exchanges\u2014is expected to be settled during \u201cPutin\u2013Zelenskyy\u201d negotiations. Pardon me, but is Zelenskyy suddenly a diplomatic genius? We already had experience with \u201cKGB vs. KVN\u201d negotiations, and the results, to put it mildly, were far from convincing. Let me simply remind you that in the three years before the invasion, it was Zelenskyy who bore full responsibility for Ukraine\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n\t\t