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The US is pushing for a sweeping new deal to control Ukraine’s critical minerals and energy assets, while offering Kyiv no security guarantees in return, in an aggressive expansion of its previous demands.
The new draft deal sent to Kyiv on Sunday and seen by the Financial Times goes well beyond an initial joint economic accord hammered out last month, as part of Donald Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recoup billions of dollars’ worth of military assistance.
Kyiv officials said the proposal could undermine their nation’s sovereignty, route profits abroad and deepen its dependence on Washington.
The Trump administration’s new proposal would supersede the previous framework agreement on jointly developing Ukraine’s mineral resources agreed last month by Kyiv and Washington.
The deal would cover all mineral resources, including oil and gas, across the entire Ukrainian territory and enable state entities to participate in extraction activities.
This is a developing story
How is this even a deal? Ukraine gets basically nothing in return.
This is just extortion.
Pure extortion, pure evil. Fuck trump.
slava ukraini!
The rapey old shitbag has been trying to fuck President Zelensky since 2019. Gross.
You had your chance Donald, you blew it. THAT is the art of the deal. Now fuck off.
Every couple weeks Dotard takes a call from Putin and gets back on message. Seems like they’ve talked again recently.
For some reason the phrase that comes to mind is “fabricating a claim.”
