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‘Unpleasantly Surprised’: Biden Never Told Ukraine He Was Waving Sanctions On Russian Pipeline, Ukraine President Says

Tim Pearce
‘Unpleasantly Surprised’: Biden Never Told Ukraine He Was Waving Sanctions On Russian Pipeline, Ukraine President Says
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Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky learned of President Joe Biden’s decision to waive sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which entails significant national security interest for Ukraine, through the media.

Zelensky claimed that the White House never warned him that the U.S. would be waiving Trump-era sanctions designed to hamper or stop Russia from completing another natural gas pipeline to Germany. The pipeline, Nord Stream 2, was completed late last week.

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