JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine feels the chill of Biden’s foreign policy” – Financial Times
“Afghanistan withdrawal heightens Zelensky’s fears of dwindling support from Washington”
“… Ukraine has fought an eight-year war against Russia and Russian-backed militants …. Yet even before the chaotic pullout from Kabul, alarm was spreading … over fears … [that] Biden wanted to focus more on other foreign policy issues, especially … China. The first warning sign … came … when Washington, without prior notice, waived further U.S. sanctions on Nord Stream 2.
The nearly completed $11bn Russian gas pipeline … across the Baltic Sea to Germany[] threatens to deprive Ukraine of billions … in transit revenue while making the EU more dependent on Moscow for energy. …”