Russia doubts that Ukraine will exist in two years. This was the Kremlin's reaction to Ukraine's proposal to sign a lend-lease gas supply agreement with the United States.
This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
"I saw a report that Ukraine under the Lend-Lease wants to receive from their overseas masters LNG with payment for delivery in 2 years. Otherwise it will simply freeze to death this coming winter. Only a question. And who said that in two years Ukraine will even exist on the world map?" - he wrote in Telegram.
At the same time, according to Medvedev, "Americans no longer care."
"They are so invested in the 'anti-Russia' project that everything else is nothing to them..." - he added.
Earlier, Medvedev threatened to use nuclear weapons. In his opinion, it was the West that started a proxy war against Russia. Such a military conflict always risks escalating into a full-fledged war with the use of nuclear weapons.
In addition, he said, Crimea as part of Ukraine would be a "direct boorishness" to the territorial integrity of Russia. And a threat to the peninsula as part of the Russian Federation would be a reason to start a full-fledged war with Ukraine.
Recall that Ukraine offered the US an agreement on the supply of liquefied natural gas under the lend-lease. To thus receive from the American side about six billion cubic meters of LNG.
This is reported by the publication Foreign Policy.
"Ukraine's top energy executives are offering Washington and other Western capitals a host of potential solutions to secure supplies for the coming winter and increase domestic production. These include securing international financing to buy natural gas from major exporters in the Middle East and North Africa, developing alternative supply routes and a possible agreement with Washington to import LNG from the United States under the lend-lease," the publication writes.
The magazine quoted Naftogaz CEO Yuriy Vitrenko as saying last week in Washington that Ukraine needs $8 billion to import 6 billion cubic meters of gas before winter.
"The U.S. has a very clear mandate to provide the necessary assistance to Ukraine. We want to structure it in a reasonable way so that there is no burden on American taxpayers," Vitrenko said.
As explained in the publication, the agreement on Lend-Lease, under which Ukraine wants to receive gas for billion cubic meters of LNG, will be delivered to Europe and come into the country through the pipeline.
At the same time, the Ukrainian side plans to pay to the U.S. after the domestic production of gas will be increased.
"They were surprised to hear this idea, but it was well received," the publication quotes Vitrenko.
