In yet another political victory for Donald Trump, Kyiv and Washington have come to terms with a mineral deal that, according to Ukrainian officials, will strengthen ties with the Trump presidency and prepare the ground for a long-term commitment to U.S. security. After the U.S. rejected requests for a$ 500 billion stake in potential revenues from resource exploitation, officials in Kyiv say they are now prepared to sign the agreement to jointly develop Ukraine’s mineral resources, including oil and gas.
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Although the agreement lacks obvious security guarantees, according to a report from The Financial Times, officials claim that they got much more positive terms and see the agreement as a important step toward boosting ties with the U.S.— a move they think will help Ukraine’s future after three years of war.
The materials deal is only a small part of the puzzle, according to the statement. We have heard many times from the US leadership that it’s portion of a bigger image”, Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and justice secretary, told the Financial Times on Tuesday. The discussions with the United States were led by Stefanishyna.
The strict terms of the initial draft, which President Donald Trump framed as a way for Ukraine to recover US military and financial aid following Russia’s full-scale war in 2022, sparked outrage in Kyiv and other European capitals. Trump called him a “dictator” and sounded the way that Ukraine was supposed to have done when Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, rejected the proposal next year. This radical approach reflects Trump’s” Craft of the Offer” technique, aiming to secure greatest advantage in negotiations.
The final type of the agreement, dated February 24 and seen by the FT, would establish a fund into which Ukraine would add 50 per cent of revenues from the “future crowdfunding” of state-owned material tools, including oil and gas, and related transportation. The bank had make investments in Ukrainian initiatives.
It excludes material resources that are already available to the Russian state, making it inaccessible for the current activities of Naftogaz and Ukrnafta, two of the country’s largest gas and oil producers.
However, the deal omits any mention of US security guarantees, which Kyiv had initially demanded in exchange for ratifying the deal. Additionally, it leaves open-ended questions like the size of the US interest in the bank and the conditions of” joint ownership” agreements to be resolved in follow-up contracts.
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According to Scott Jennings of CNN, Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize if his discussions put an end to the war.  ,
Jennings said,” I’m willing to give the new leadership some latitude to try to implement the democratic will of the people of the United States and that is for this to come to an end.” The political can to maintain funding an open-ended wedding is fast eroding. I believe you do appreciate that. And thus Trump, who is a new agent on the ground and has a chance to accomplish anything remarkable, is to get these two people to stop fighting, and in that case, will take some security to the continent of Europe.
Jennings continued,” I guess I’m willing to give them some longitude if the final result is this what Pete Hegseth said first, a republic and rich Ukraine, those were his words. I’d like to see the United States negotiate with Ukraine regarding unique universe minerals. And the European governments decide that they do have to assume a little more accountability for their own national protection. If these are the benefits and the killings stop, Donald Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
If effect of Trump’s peace efforts are and close to the shooting, a sovereign &, prosperous Ukraine, a rare earth metal package for the US, &, Europe taking more responsibility for its own security …he’ll receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s a new broker dealing in political reality. pic. twitter.com/8jUgmscRq1— Scott Jennings ( @ScottJenningsKY ) February 25, 2025
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