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Zelenskiy criticizes Trump's waiver of sanctions on Russia as 'wrong' · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly condemned executive decisions by
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump to waive a major package of U.S.
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  Speaker 1: economic sanctions against Russia, characterizing the unilateral measures as fundamentally
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  Speaker 1: wrong and hazardous to regional security. Speaking in response to
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  Speaker 1: the administrative action, The Ukrainian leader stated that granting economic
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  Speaker 1: concessions to Moscow rewards aggression rather than incentivizing a peaceful
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  Speaker 1: resolution to ongoing military hostilities. The public rebuke underscores a
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  Speaker 1: widening strategic divide between Washington and Kyiv as the White
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  Speaker 1: House continues pursuing direct diplomatic and commercial engagements with Russian counterparts.
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  Speaker 1: The controversy centers on a newly issued executive waiver exempting
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  Speaker 1: key Russian industrial and energy entities from statutory penalties enacted
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  Speaker 1: under congressional trade legislation. Ukrainian officials expressed concern that lifting
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  Speaker 1: these economic barriers emboldens Russian decision-makers to expand military operations
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  Speaker 1: across disputed territories. Zelensky further warned that recent diplomatic agreements
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  Speaker 1: including a bilateral trade understanding facilitating Russian diesel exports, indicate
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  Speaker 1: that additional sanctions relief may follow. Kiev argues that diminishing
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  Speaker 1: financial restrictions directly weakens international isolation strategies designed to curb
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  Speaker 1: foreign military capabilities. The public confrontation highlights growing volatility in
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  Speaker 1: transatlantic relations as European partners and U.S. lawmakers monitor executive
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  Speaker 1: trade moves. While White House officials maintain that selective economic
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  Speaker 1: waivers are intended to stabilize global energy markets and foster
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic leverage, Ukrainian representatives caution that unilateral sanctions relief undermines
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  Speaker 1: joint security commitments. As executive policy continues to shift, diplomatic
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  Speaker 1: envoys from both nations are navigating intense negotiations to address
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  Speaker 1: energy policy disagreements, economic sanctions oversight. and the long-term status
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  Speaker 1: of international security assistance.