Inside the Power Plays: Your Daily Global Diplomacy Brief

the missiles are paid for they are bound for ukraine bought by european allies to defend its skies warm to hand back brisk never raised but they are not moving and according to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy it is because the pentagon is deliberately delaying the delivery in our last look at these global power shifts the battle lines were hardening this week the ground is moving under everyone's feet zelenskyy claims the shipment of interceptor missiles part of the pearl program is waiting on one signature that of the us defense secretary pete hegseth in a message on monday the ukrainian president called it a political decision to slow down support the white house says only that it continues to play a constructive role that part is confirmed the rest is the public dispute between two allies

even as this unfolds diplomats are preparing for talks us special envoy steve wittkoff is set to travel to norway this week for a new round of negotiations president zelensky is expected to attend jared kushner president trump's son-in-law will join virtually that is what we know but the question is what they will be negotiating because listen to the words coming from washington president trump said monday that russia has been fine on ukraine he suggested it might be time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of kyiv from tehran russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov is pushing his own narrative he claims zelenskyy is the one who fears a peace deal because an agreement acceptable to both washington

and moscow would spell the end of his government that is claimed not confirmed but it is the message moscow is sending to its partners this hour calling european criticism of a new us russia diesel deal a clown show nadia saar nbc news this is not just rhetoric it follows president trump's decision last week to waive major sanctions on russian energy that move stunned european capitals which just approved their own twenty second and largest sanctions package against moscow the waiver was designed to lower fuel prices in america but the diplomatic price is being paid here the bigger picture the one that has officials in kyiv truly worried is a proposal for a summit next month in china president trump president xi and president putin three leaders discussing european security with ukraine not in the room the pressure on kyiv is no longer just coming from across the border it is now coming from its most powerful partner that is the

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