India has agreed to import 3 million barrels of crude oil from Russia, and the U.S. President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's attack model appears to be his strategy against the U.S. in his speech to the US Congress, telling Republican lawmakers to "take the initiative" by targeting the Democratic White House.
The New York Times: "Republican Senator John Kennedy said of Ukrainian President Zelensky that 'he was able to unify Congress'" It has not been converted, and the Republican line of attack against President Biden has been sharpened," the Congressional Correspondent reported on the 17th.
President Volodymyer Zelensky focused his offensive on the Biden administration, saying, "Members of Congress, take the initiative."
An Indian official said on the 17th that it had agreed to purchase 3 million barrels of Russian oil. The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reported.
"The problem we have with this tyrant is how we deal with this tyrant, the Democrats, the Biden administration, all policies are undermining America," Senator Ron Johnson (Republican) said in an interview with conservative Fox News on the 15th.
President Biden announced on the 17th a $800 million military aid to Ukraine.
An American poll on the invasion of Ukraine (Pew Research) found that 47% were in favor of the Biden administration's handling of the crisis and 39% were against it.
In the survey, 42% said the US should provide more aid to Ukraine, while 32% said the current level was right.
In the New York futures market, the closing price of Texas Intermediate (WTI) for April on the 17th was $102.98 per barrel, up $7.94 or 8.4%, and the price was raised again in four business days.
It has been confirmed that Kim Tae-hyo, a professor at Sungkyunkwan University, who is a member of the Foreign and Security Transition Committee, a member of the transition committee for the elected nominee Yoon Seok-yeol, wrote in a report prepared in 2020 that, in relation to the health concerns of US President Joe Biden, “US presidents elected on a 20-year cycle have suffered without exception during their tenure.” The Herald Economic Daily reported on the 17th that the Biden administration's will to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue was 'diminished'.
The report continued, Kim said, “From the perspective of South Korea, it should be certain that the United States will provide a reliable nuclear umbrella. If North Korea launches a new type of ICBM and provokes it as in the past, there is a possibility that the US will have no choice but to start negotiations with North Korea without any preparation. We need to stop the scenario where we are forced to be dragged in,” he said.
In a phone call with Indian Prime Minister Modi on the 17th, Yun expressed his preference for the conservative policy of the US Republican Party by speaking of "sharing free democracy."
Seven Republican senators visited the Kremlin immediately after the Senate Intelligence Committee report on July 4, 2018, reached a bipartisan agreement between Republicans and Democrats, determined that Putin's government had intervened in the 2016 US presidential election on behalf of President Trump (Republican). The New York Times reported on the 17th that Senator Ron Johnson, who criticized President Biden (Democrat) on Fox News, started an investigation into Hunter Biden (President's son) in Ukraine after visiting the Kremlin.
Yoon's strategy toward the US is likely to put pressure on the Democratic Biden administration from the pro-Republican party using the Zelensky model.