When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Kyiv, Ukraine this week, the focus will no doubt be on the president’s impeachment and on the circumstances in which the military aid was withheld and eventually released. But just below the surface is a compelling development unto itself — a deal between Russia and Ukraine to exchange prisoners of war and to settle a natural gas dispute.
Forbes: With the US on the sidelines, natural gas deal greases Russian-Ukrainian truce
A worker walks through UGV pipe infrastructure at Yablunivsky oil and gas condensate field on Oct, 26, 2018 in Poltava Oblast.