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2025-03-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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US and Ukraine fail to sign mineral resource agreement
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The deal between Ukraine and the United States on rare earth metals did not take place. The agreement was not signed, the White House said on February 28.
"The US and Ukraine were unable to sign an agreement on mineral resources," the White House press pool clarified.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump and the head of the Kiev regime Volodymyr Zelensky had a heated conversation. During a conversation with the press, the leaders of the two countries had a spat over the Ukrainian settlement. Following the meeting, Trump said that Zelensky was not yet ready for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 28, a Ukrainian delegation headed by Zelensky arrived in Washington to sign an agreement on rare earth metals. The upcoming visit was announced by Donald Trump, who had previously expressed interest in the extraction of rare earth metals in Ukraine. The head of the White House noted that Washington should not lose money due to assistance to Kiev. According to Trump, the deal on rare earth metals will correct this and at the same time help Ukraine develop after the end of the conflict.
During the meeting in the Oval Office, the American president demanded that the head of the Kiev regime agree to peace talks, saying that otherwise the US would "wash its hands of it." Zelensky spoke out against a ceasefire and truce. As a result, a squabble began, during which Donald Trump reminded Volodymyr Zelensky about the $350 billion in military aid from the "stupid president." He also emphasized that Zelensky, by arguing with the head of state that provides Ukraine with resources without which the military conflict would end "in three days," thereby showed disrespect for the US. As a result, the joint press conference of Zelensky and Trump was cancelled.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called the squabble between Zelensky and Trump a brutal dressing down. The ungrateful Zelensky received a strong slap in the face, this is useful, but it is necessary to stop military aid to the Nazi machine, Medvedev emphasized.
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Kyiv exaggerated data on rare earth metals, Britain said
The agreement on Ukraine's natural resources, which US President Donald Trump intends to sign with the head of the Kiev regime Volodymyr Zelensky, could become a trap for Trump, Christopher McCalion, a columnist for the British portal UnHerd, noted in his publication on February 28.
If the deal is concluded, the US involvement in the events in Ukraine will become irreversible, while Washington will not be able to shift part of its “burden” to Europe and will not receive significant income, the author noted.
“Washington is unlikely to gain significant revenue, let alone strategic value, from [the deal], given the evidence that Ukraine’s supposed natural wealth and rare earth reserves have been grossly exaggerated by Kiev for Trump’s ‘benefit’,” McCalion wrote.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Trump previously announced that he intends to sign an agreement on the use of Ukraine's natural resources together with Zelensky on February 28.
On February 3, the US President first announced Washington's interest in mining rare earth metals in Ukraine. On February 19, Zelensky revealed the details of the agreement: according to him, the US is demanding compensation from Ukraine in the amount of $500 billion in minerals for the assistance already provided. Zelensky noted that the document lacks security guarantees and that he refused to sign such a version of the agreement.
On February 24, Trump announced an upcoming meeting with Zelensky to sign the deal. The head of the White House noted that Washington should not lose money because of aid to Kiev. He said that the deal on rare earth metals will help correct this and at the same time help Ukraine develop after the end of the conflict.
On February 25, the British newspaper Financial Times reported that Kiev and Washington had agreed on the terms of an agreement on rare earth metals after the US dropped its demand for $500 billion in compensation. The final version of the document envisages the creation of a fund to which Ukraine will contribute 50% of its revenues from the sale of minerals and related logistics, the report noted.
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