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Ukraine Agrees Deal To Jointly Develop Its Mineral Resources With Trump Administration


Kyiv has reached an agreement with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials believe will strengthen ties with the Trump administration and lay the groundwork for a long-term U.S. security partnership, Financial Times reports.

According to Ukrainian officials, Kyiv is prepared to sign the deal for joint development of its mineral resources, including oil and gas, after the U.S. withdrew its demand for a claim to $500 billion in potential revenue from the resource exploitation.

“The minerals agreement is only part of the picture. We have heard multiple times from the U.S. administration that it’s part of a bigger picture,” Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister who has been leading the negotiations, informed the Financial Times on Tuesday.

The initial draft of the agreement included stringent terms that former President Donald Trump framed as a way for Ukraine to repay the U.S. for military and financial aid provided since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. These conditions sparked outrage in Kyiv and across European capitals.

After President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the draft last week, Trump labeled him a “dictator” and seemed to suggest that Ukraine was responsible for starting the war.

According to the final version of the agreement dated February 24, seen by the Financial Times, a fund will be created into which Ukraine will contribute 50% of the proceeds from the “future monetization” of state-owned mineral resources, including oil, gas, and related logistics.

The fund will be used to invest in projects within Ukraine.

According to Financial Times, it excludes mineral resources that already contribute to the Ukrainian government's revenue, meaning it would not apply to the existing activities of Naftogaz or Ukrnafta, Ukraine's largest gas and oil producers.

The reported noted that the agreement between Kyiv and Washington has notable omissions, including any mention of U.S. security guarantees that Ukraine had initially demanded in exchange for its cooperation.

In addition, crucial details, including the scale of U.S. investment in the fund and the specifics of "joint ownership" arrangements, are yet to be finalized in future agreements.

The Trump administration’s original proposal outlined a reconstruction investment fund in which the U.S. would "maintain 100 percent financial interest." Under this plan, Ukraine would contribute 50 percent of the fund’s revenues generated from mineral resource extraction, including oil, gas, and related infrastructure, with a cap set at US$500 billion.

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After President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the draft last week, Trump labeled him a “dictator” and seemed to suggest that Ukraine was responsible for starting the war.

Zelenskyy agrees to tentative Trump minerals deal, plans to visit DC later this week: report

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Just watch how Trump will avoid calling Zelensky a dictator. In his words, he said all his life he has been making deals. Lol. The kin money the US will make from this joint partnership with Russia and Ukraine will be massive. BRICS will not overpower the US like we thought. A president of the US has stopped them. Na black South Africans I pity the most among the BRICS nations.

Also, China will have to change its strategy, but I doubt they will beat the US in the next 100 years, and they may never beat them till eternity.

The US is a land with opportunities.

..........coming to America
...we go receive am warmly

What is happening? It's funny people don't know that Trump is doing this as revenge for his first term impeachment that Zelensky help in.

Trump is a bully

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Nice one. Ukraine will be great again.

After WW2 devastation, the United States ensured Japan and South Korea were rebuilt to become advance Nations today. Same thing will happen in Ukraine, Ukrainians won't be blaming the West for under-development the way Lazy African leaders do.

With this deal, Chinese plans to starve the United States of rare earth metals has failed.

God1000 will weep badly after seeing this news.

epainos:
The US is a land with opportunities.

You can say that again.
Do you the know that the United States is the only nation on earth where migrant students are given Governments loans

Trump has been behaving like an overgrown spoilt child bully deprived of a toy.

All these Tantrums because Zelensky will not let Trump sell out the whole of Ukraine to USA!?

I am disappointed!

Will Trump now come out to start praising Zelensky!?

Trump should help them reclaim their land

In response to their agreement

America first.
He said it. He's doing it.

The Ukrainian comedian got over $300B from sleeping Joe. Nothing to show for it. You didn't win the war. You didn't cause Russia any significant damage.

He must repay the money.

That money was paid as tax from other people's sweat. See lizard, he wants to be dragging power with Russia at the expense of American tax payer money.

Americans didn't ask for the war and they're not benefiting anything from it directly or indirectly. The war must end and you must account for all the billions.

pesty100:
What is happening? It's funny people don't know that Trump is doing this as revenge for his first term impeachment that Zelensky help in.

You and propaganda.

Wetin concern zelensky with Trump impeachment

Bad news for Ukrainians and the biggest benefactor of this war is USA.

When this war started, lots of people pointed out the foolishness of the whole exercise for the Ukrainians. It was a senseless war. Allowing the west to instigate them to assault Russia under Putin was a monumenal strategic mistake.

The Americans and their western counterparts would never have attacked Russia directly and would be very careful as to how much support they provide for the Ukrainians knowing fully well that the Russians are brimming with nukes, the most sophisticated rockets/delivery systems and some of the best air defence systems.

But some people cheered on the clown of Kiev. And he jumped into a stewpid conflict without thinking. Now this.. How many hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been killed now? How many cities destroyed and occupied for ever? Economy, totally destroyed. Russia riding high. So what are those gains for the Ukrainians?

So it has turn to this..

What happens if there is not more to offer..

Anyway President Zelensky knows what's better for Ukraine than someone thousands of km away

He fell for the gimmick/gaslighting. I am very disappointed in Zelensky.

Trump: I want your rare minerals as payback for how much we have spent on this war FOR YOU.

Zelensky: No deal

Gaslighting: "Zelensky is a comedian, a dictator, he started this war"

Gimmick: "We are ever so willing to give you our rare minerals (as if). We can also give you more from parts of Ukraine that we have already invaded" (Real reason for this sudden display of generosity and as an added bonus, to undermine Zelensky).

Zelensky: You can have my rare minerals

Two big bullies acting out a script and the victim fell for it.

TenQ:
Trump has been behaving like an overgrown spoilt child bully deprived of a toy.

All these Tantrums because Zelensky will not let Trump sell out the whole of Ukraine to USA!?

I am disappointed!

Will Trump now come out to start praising Zelensky!?

Kids with internet. Zelensky exposed and started trump impeachment when Trump begged him for favour. Zelensky leaked their conversation to democrats.

You brain dead people think trump is going to let him go scot-free.

Now if it were you, you will let it slide...

Yes trump has to be a metal who accepts all the beating, he must not feel pain..because he is not human.

For a president to leak classified conversation, he has created a generational enemy with Republican party, that's too huge

DrAda:
He fell for the gimmick/gaslighting. I am very disappointed in Zelensky.

Gaslighting: 'Zelensky is a dictator, he started this war'
Gimmick: 'We don't mind giving you our rare minerals, if you also want, we can give you more from the territories that we have invaded.'

It's zelensky trump battle..zelensky started it all. Never start a war you can't win

It was through similar deal that Nigerian government had with Russia and others during the civil war that Nigeria was able to get enough military equipment to win the war. Its a lesson, war does not pay, it only opens u up for exploitation. Zelenzky knows that without US, Ukraine is finished. He is ready to give Trump anything he wants to get a favourable deal with Putin.

eldoradoxx:
It was through similar deal that Nigerian government had with Russia and others during the civil war that Nigeria was able to get enough military equipment to win the war. Its a lesson, war does not pay, it only opens u up for exploitation. Zelenzky knows that without US, Ukraine is finished. He is ready to give Trump anything he wants to get a favourable deal with Putin.

And it would have been easy if zelensky hadn't betrayed trump before. Netanyau stood with trump during his impeachment sagas..see Israel enjoying trump now

Lifestone:
Trump is a bully

He is most definitely one.

Mad people everywhere This is why I never took sides with anyone in this war

ScamDemicEra:
.... cutting a deal to enjoy his loot in peace -just might work !!

I doubt it. He is dealing with someone who can renegade on you any minute if it serves his purpose. If indeed he has a loot to hide, he will become a puppet for life.

🤡
After forming hard man..
Oponu

epainos:
Lol

Just watch how Trump will avoid calling Zelensky a dictator. In his words, he said all his life he has been making deals. Lol. The kin money the US will make from this joint partnership with Russia and Ukraine will be massive. BRICS will not overpower the US like we thought. A president of the US has stopped them. Na black South Africans I pity the most among the BRICS nations.

Also, China will have to change its strategy, but I doubt they will beat the US in the next 100 years, and they may never beat them till eternity.

The US is a land with opportunities.

That's what the Egyptians said to the Greek..
That's what the Greek said about the Romans.
Romans said something similar about the Byzantine..
Byzantine gave way to the Spanish and Portuguese.
Them in turn gave way to the English and French..
Which in turn fell to the US
US will fall to the Chinese..it's simply the nature of Empires to rise and fall..
Each successive Empire last a little less longer than the preceding.
China will overtake US this decade..

PS: regarding their mineral deals..
Ukraine has officially become US Bitch for life.
They will suck all the goodness out of Ukraine for several generations to come.
Ukrainians will now find out which is better/worse....
Living under the heel of Russia or US.

So it was all about a Mineral

Lovelies1:
You and propaganda.

Wetin concern zelensky with Trump impeachment

Are we going to sit down here and pretend that Trump didn't try to strong arm Zelensky into investigating his rival in an election in return for aid, wasn't that why he was impeached? And the fact that Zelensky was on the side of the Democrats that first time around (because he wanted the aid) is part of the reasons he and his suffering is suffering Trump's betrayal now or maybe he is just a POS like that sha

lol

This is gunboat diplomacy by DT, no doubt!


Poor Zelensky!


Poor Ukraine!


What could Zelensky do with a gun to his head?


MAGA madness in action!





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pesty100:
What is happening? It's funny people don't know that Trump is doing this as revenge for his first term impeachment that Zelensky help in.

What's wrong with political revenge? Nothing! Trump should go all the way and get his pound of flesh. It's allowed in politics, by the way, his opponents would have had him dead, if they had their way. Only God saved him. He should fire on. And at the end of his tenure, he can grant himself pardon. Biden pardoned his son