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The article is mostly sourced from Ukrainian officials, so they will have their point of view.  They are labeled as “Ukrainian official”.

I don’t think the factual basis is much in dispute; I do think there were multiple different versions of a deal on offer, which is why you at once see Ukrainians reject outright (one version of the) deal and negotiate (over a different version).  Of course, whether the characterization of the deals as “bad” and “disastrous” is accurate is, of course, a matter of opinion, but I don’t doubt that the deals on offer are at best a bitter pill to swallow from a Ukrainian perspective.  No question one person’s bitter pill is another’s life-saving medicine, and we do have American sources telling their counterparts that they should take the deal.

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The article is mostly sourced from Ukrainian officials, so they will have their point of view.  They are labeled as “Ukrainian official”.

I don’t think the factual basis is much in dispute; I do think there were multiple different versions of a deal on offer, which is why you at once see Ukrainians reject outright (one version of the) deal and negotiate (over a different version).  Of course, whether the characterization of the deals as “bad” and “disastrous” is accurate is, of course, a matter of opinion, but I don’t doubt that the deals on offer are at best a bitter pill to swallow from a Ukrainian perspective.  No question one person’s bitter pill is another’s life-saving medicine, and we do have American sources telling their counterparts that they should take the deal.

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