{"id":555429,"date":"2021-06-07T13:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555429"},"modified":"2021-06-07T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T17:20:57","slug":"ukrainian-president-biden-handed-putin-a-real-weapon-by-waiving-sanctions-off-nord-stream-2-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-biden-handed-putin-a-real-weapon-by-waiving-sanctions-off-nord-stream-2-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian President: Biden Handed Putin \u2018A Real Weapon\u2019 By Waiving Sanctions Off Nord Stream 2 Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-president-biden-handed-putin-a-real-weapon-by-waiving-sanctions-off-nord-stream-2-pipeline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Vladimir-Putin.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed President Joe Biden for waiving sanctions designed to stop Russia from building a major natural gas pipeline to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>During an June 4 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/zelensky-biden-ukraine-russia-nord-stream-pipeline-fe50756b-6b82-43f0-b390-734ea3e95de0.html\">Axios<\/a>, Zelensky said that the Biden administration was endangering Ukraine\u2019s national security and empowering Russia by waiving Trump-era sanctions on companies involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2, a pipeline that would move natural gas from Russia to Germany and double the capacity of the original Nord Stream pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that this is a weapon, a real weapon, and I speak openly about it. A weapon in the hands of the Russian Federation, and it is not very understandable, I feel, and definitely not expected, that the bullets to this weapon can possibly be provided by such a great country as the United States because it is an exemplary civilization, an exemplary democracy in the world,\u201d Zelensky said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/20798133-zelensky-interview-transcript?responsive=1&#038;title=1\">Axios<\/a>. Biden\u2019s decision to waive sanctions \u201cis definitely not aimed at supporting Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the same day that Zelensky spoke with Axios, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the completion of Nord Stream 2 during a speech at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. Putin said that the pipeline could begin shipping gas within 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo and a half hours ago, the laying of the first string of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was successfully completed \u2026 Work on the entire length has been completed, including the offshore section,\u201d Putin said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b9f4af6e-deef-473d-b4fd-0329ab1f1d03\">Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say Nord Stream 2 will give Russia substantially more leverage over Europe while isolating Ukraine, which has previously acted as a middle-man in control of much of Russia\u2019s access to European markets. Nord Stream 2 would allow Russia to work around Ukraine and ship more natural gas to European markets through Germany, which supported the pipeline project, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/05\/21\/nord-stream-2-explained-what-it-is-and-why-its-proving-controversial.html\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine is currently at risk of invasion by Russia, and Ukraine has relied on the United States as well as its own economic leverage with Europe to keep Russia at bay. The deterrent may have weakened in recent months, however. Earlier this year, the U.S. military sounded alarm after Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/potential-imminent-crisis-u-s-military-warns-of-russian-military-buildup-in-eastern-europe\">bolstered<\/a> its forces in eastern Ukraine, which Russia invaded and annexed in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/a-great-gift-to-putin-biden-to-waive-sanctions-on-company-building-russias-nord-stream-2-pipeline\">waived<\/a> sanctions designed to hamper or scuttle construction of Nord Stream 2 in May, citing U.S. strategic interests. At the time, the pipeline was nearly completed and interfering with its construction may have harmed the United States relationship with Germany. Zelensky recognized the potential pitfall but asserted that the U.S. should have intervened anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that the relationship between the United States and Germany is very important. I wouldn\u2019t want to intervene between these two esteemed countries. However, how many Ukrainian lives does the relationship between the United States and Germany cost?\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Germany \u201cunderstand fully well what a substantial advantage [Nord Stream 2] will be in the hands of Russia \u2026 at the very same time when we are doing all we can to defend our country,\u201d Zelensky added. He said that Nord Stream 2 undermines Ukraine\u2019s standing with Russia, which depends on Ukraine controlling Russia\u2019s access to European natural gas markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already have a pipeline of our own. \u2026 As long as this pipeline is functioning, Russia is obliged to talk to Ukraine, it is obliged to talk to Europe, at the same table. If they build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, circumventing Ukraine, it is clear that the time will come when Ukraine will no longer have this leverage. Everybody is fully aware of this,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed President Joe Biden for waiving sanctions designed to stop Russia from building a major natural gas pipeline to Europe.During an June 4 interview with Axios, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279460,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Vladimir-Putin.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Ukrainian President: Biden Handed Putin \u2018A Real Weapon\u2019 By Waiving Sanctions Off Nord Stream 2 Pipeline","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Vladimir-Putin.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Ukrainian President: Biden Handed Putin \u2018A Real Weapon\u2019 By Waiving Sanctions Off Nord Stream 2 Pipeline","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}