Hey everyone I’m confused about this mineral ‘deal’ that the US is trying to enforce on Ukraine. Why would Zelenskyy even contemplate a deal with the US with the current fascist administration? obviously he knows they are liars and cheats and won’t uphold any part of the agreement they don’t want to. surely he wouldn’t tie up his national minerals for generations so they can get the old US stockpiles of weapons? unless he’s just talking the talk with no intention of carrying through? if I had Zelenskyy ear I would advise against doing any deal with the US and just try to get Europe on board asap. I understand the issue of shutting down starlink would currently severely impact Ukraine, but I can also see how starlink won’t be necessary in the near future as drones switch to AI and fibre, and a bunch of tech we don’t know about yet… so what’s the deal with the ‘deal’? surely it’s not being entertained seriously? or is it all bluster for Trump to feel he’s achieving something whilst the real power brokers get EU assistance? would love thoughts Slava Ukraini!
thanks for the long reply. I hope EU actually sends weapons and puts boots on the ground to assist Ukraine. UK has given some cruise missiles and I’m sure other EU countries will do similar. interesting that the EU financial assistance was loans but as you said these can be cancelled easily. I guess loans are easier to sell to you population. I’d also prefer to not have the US involved now the administration has changed, but disentangling so much bureaucracy is difficult and doesn’t happen overnight. I’d suspect Ukraine doesn’t want any deals with the US now but needs to keep playing the game until they don’t need to. Russia wss never going to play the game anyway, never in good faith. The EU really needs to step up… but again this takes time to start building up stockpiles and uniforms… so I can see why the game is being played. I just hope Ukraine wins every hand. thanks 🙏