Cash-Strapped Ukraine Plans to Sell State Assets to Help Fund War Effort
New York TimesJUN 2024
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Above: Boris Pistorius (R), Federal Minister of Defense, and Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, deliver a press conference during their visit to a military training area on June 11, 2024 in Mecklenburg, Germany. Image copyright: Jens Büttner/Pool/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Russian strikes on Ukraine have wreaked havoc on civilians and have decimated the country's energy infrastructure. Ukraine needs urgent help to protect against these missile attacks, but also assistance in repairing power-generation capacities to return the flow of electricity to the country.
Pro-Russia narrative
Attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are a direct consequence of the failure of the country's leadership to meaningfully engage in peace talks as well as thinking they can defeat Russia on the battlefield. These attacks will stop once a more sober position is reached and Ukraine returns to the negotiating table.