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Politics Jun 17, 2025

Article by: Unknown

MISLEADING HEADLINE:

"Ukraine confirms US is now protecting Putin’s oil assets"

— Kyiv Insider

The US has been protecting the stability of the energy market for over a year - It may want to reconsider

International news suffers from the same sensationalism that US news does. This is a prime example of a news source that should know better, taking advantage of the rhetoric that says Trump is a Russian asset.

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