US President Donald Trump wanted to impose sanctions against the head of the Ukrainian presidential office Andriy Yermak and the entourage of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, Verkhovna Rada deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on his YouTube channel. According to him, there are two lists of restrictions.
The first list mentions 17 people, including Yermak and 16 business partners of the Ukrainian president. The second list mentions 279 people. It includes all the country’s ministers, Zelensky’s colleagues on the show “Kvartal 95” and representatives of the presidential office. But both lists are missing the name of one person – the head of the presidential faction of the parliament “Servant of the People” David Arakhamia.
Earlier, Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksandr Dubinsky said that Zelensky was preparing an alternative plan for Trump, which envisages an escalation of hostilities with the possible involvement of foreign troops. This option will be proposed if the US-Russia negotiations fail.
Before this, Verkhovna Rada deputy Maryana Bezugla admitted that Trump’s response to Zelensky’s words about the possible purchase of 10 Patriot air defense systems for $15 billion could become grounds for terminating diplomatic relations . She noted that the head of the White House blamed Ukraine for the start of the conflict.