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Mykola Vorobiov: Biden-Putin summit sparks political confrontations inside Ukraine

Published June 30, 2021 at 4:02 am

President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference marking his second year in office at the Antonov plant in Kyiv on May 20, 2021. During the press conference, he spoke at length about the upcoming bill that seeks to limit the influence of oligarchs in Ukraine. He submitted the bill on June 2.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s planned visit to Washington in July is set to take place amidst the lowest level of trust with The White House in years. After Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia held a bilateral summit in Geneva, on June 16, both leaders agreed there was no alternative to the 2015 Minsk Two ceasefire agreement that was signed within the Normandy format.