Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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Kyiv Independent posts the full text of the minerals deal. Sounds like the USA is kind of taking a significant controlling interest in the reconstruction of Ukraine - making sure the USA gets a big cut of the business, and can control against corruption within Ukraine.
The bulk of it remains TBD
“%The full text is as follows:
BILATERAL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR A RECONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT FUND
WHEREAS the United States of America has provided significant financial and material support to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022;
WHEREAS the American people desire to invest alongside Ukraine in a free, sovereign and secure Ukraine;
WHEREAS the United States of America and Ukraine desire a lasting peace in Ukraine and a durable partnership between their two peoples and governments;
WHEREAS the United States of America and Ukraine recognize the contribution that Ukraine has made to strengthening international peace and security by voluntarily abandoning the world’s third largest arsenal of nuclear weapons;
WHEREAS the United States of America and Ukraine wish to ensure that those States and other persons that have acted adversely to Ukraine in the conflict do not benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine following a lasting peace;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ukraine (each, a “Participant”) hereby enter into this Bilateral Agreement Establishing Terms and Conditions for a Reconstruction Investment Fund to deepen the partnership between the United States of America and Ukraine, as set forth herein.
1. The Governments of Ukraine and the United States of America, with the aim of achieving lasting peace in Ukraine, intend to establish a Reconstruction Investment Fund (Fund), partnering in the Fund through joint ownership, to be further defined in the Fund Agreement. Joint ownership will take into consideration the actual contributions of the Participants as defined in Sections 3 and 4. The Fund will be jointly managed by representatives of the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America. More detailed terms pertaining to the Fund’s governance and operation will be set forth in a subsequent agreement (the Fund Agreement) to be negotiated promptly after the conclusion of this Bilateral Agreement. The maximum percentage of ownership of the Fund’s equity and financial interests to be held by the Government of the United States of America and the decision-making authority of the representatives of the Government of the United States of America will be to the extent permissible under applicable United States laws.
Neither Participant will sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any portion of its interest in the Fund without the prior written consent of the other Participant.
2. The Fund will collect and reinvest revenues contributed to the Fund, minus expenses incurred by the Fund, and will earn income from the future monetization of all relevant Ukrainian Government-owned natural resource assets (whether owned directly or indirectly by the Ukrainian Government), as defined in Section 3
3. The Government of Ukraine will contribute to the Fund 50 percent of all revenues earned from the future monetization of all relevant Ukrainian Government-owned natural resource assets (whether owned directly or indirectly by the Ukrainian Government), defined as deposits of minerals, hydrocarbons, oil, natural gas, and other extractable materials, and other infrastructure relevant to natural resource assets (such as liquified natural gas terminals and port infrastructure) as agreed by both Participants, as may be further described in the Fund Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such future sources of revenues do not include the current sources of revenues which are already part of the general budget revenues of Ukraine. Timeline, scope and sustainability of contributions will be further defined in the Fund Agreement.
The Fund, in its sole discretion, may credit or return to the Government of Ukraine actual expenses incurred by the newly developed projects from which the Fund receives revenues.
Contributions made to the Fund will be reinvested at least annually in Ukraine to promote the safety, security and prosperity of Ukraine, to be further defined in the Fund Agreement. The Fund Agreement will also provide for future distributions.
4. Subject to applicable United States law, the Government of the United States of America will maintain a long-term financial commitment to the development of a stable and economically prosperous Ukraine. Further contributions may be comprised of funds, financial instruments, and other tangible and intangible assets critical for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
5. The Fund’s investment process will be designed so as to invest in projects in Ukraine and attract investments to increase the development, processing and monetization of all public and private Ukrainian assets including, but not limited to, deposits of minerals, hydrocarbons, oil, natural gas, and other extractable materials, infrastructure, ports, and state-owned enterprises as may be further described in the Fund Agreement. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ukraine intend that the investment process will lead to opportunities for distribution of additional funds and greater reinvestment, to ensure the sufficient supply of capital for the reconstruction of Ukraine as set out in the Fund Agreement.
The Participants reserve the right to take such action as necessary to protect and maximize the value of their economic interests in the Fund.
6. The Fund Agreement will include appropriate representations and warranties, including those necessary to ensure that any obligations the Government of Ukraine may have to third parties, or such obligations that it may undertake in the future, do not sell, convey, transfer pledge, or otherwise encumber the Government of Ukraine’s contributions to the Fund or the assets from which such contributions are derived, or the Fund’s disposition of funds.
In drafting the Fund Agreement, the Participants will strive to avoid conflicts with Ukraine’s obligations under its accession to the European Union or its obligations under arrangements with international financial institutions and other official creditors.
7. The Fund Agreement will provide, inter alia, an acknowledgment that both the Fund Agreement and the activities provided for therein are commercial in nature.
The Fund agreement shall be ratified by the Parliament of Ukraine according to the Law of Ukraine “On International Treaties of Ukraine.”
8. The Fund Agreement will pay particular attention to the control mechanisms that make it impossible to weaken, violate or circumvent sanctions and other restrictive measures.
9. The text of the Fund Agreement will be developed without delay by working groups chaired by authorized representatives of the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America. Contact persons responsible for preparing the Fund Agreement on the basis of this Bilateral Agreement are: from the Government of the United States of America: the Department of the Treasury; from the Government of Ukraine: Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy.
10. This Bilateral Agreement and the Fund Agreement will constitute integral elements of the architecture of bilateral and multilateral agreements, as well as concrete steps to establish lasting peace, and to strengthen economic security resilience and reflect the objectives set forth in the preamble to this Bilateral Agreement.
The Government of the United States of America supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace. Participants will seek to identify any necessary steps to protect mutual investments, as defined in the Fund Agreement.
11. This Bilateral Agreement is binding and will be implemented by each Participant according to its domestic procedures. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ukraine commit to proceed forthwith to negotiate the Fund Agreement.”
Apparently 🍈 can’t read the room very well. Fine with Europe funding itself, ecstatic that USAID is being defunded.
If US is taking charge in Ukraine under Trump then I have confidence it will be done right.
Russia can beg China and NK for cash to rebuild, imagine China will take eastern federation as “historical territorial claims” as collateral.
Did you stay at a holiday inn 😎
Hope they do, maybe they can join Canada and we won’t have to change the flag😂
Russia is demanding that Ukraine surrender several large cities that Russian forces do not currently occupy and have no prospect of seizing, handing over one million Ukrainians to Russia. Russia's occupation of the remainder of the four Ukrainian oblasts would include large cities such as Kherson City (pre-war population of about 275,000), Kramatorsk (147,00 people), and Zaporizhzhia City (706,000 people) — all of which remain under Ukrainian control. The Russian occupation of such large population centers would significantly escalate the humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine. Russian authorities would likely employ the same tactics of oppression, displacement, and forcible assimilation against Ukrainian civilians living in these areas as they have employed against the millions of Ukrainians who have been living under Russian occupation for over three years.[7] Russian advances have recently stalled along the frontline, and Russian forces increasingly face unsustainable vehicle and personnel losses, indicating that Russian forces will likely be unable to occupy the full extent of these oblasts through military means in any short period of time if at all.[8] Lavrov’s rhetoric is likely an attempt to achieve through negotiations what the Russian military cannot achieve by force. The Kremlin's stated intent of seizing more of Ukraine's land and people directly contradicts US and European efforts to achieve a sustainable and lasting peace in Ukraine and reinforces Russia's continued efforts to illegally occupy Ukrainian territory rather than to negotiate in good faith or offer concessions.
Lavrov’s and other Kremlin officials’ continued rejections of a ceasefire and other terms that US President Donald Trump and European leaders have identified as necessary to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine demonstrate that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains uninterested in meaningful negotiations and assesses that he can achieve his war objectives militarily in the medium- to long-term. Putin and other Kremlin officials continuously call back to Putin's pre-war demands and insist that negotiations must address the “root causes” of the war, which amount to Ukraine's full capitulation and Russia's aims to weaken NATO.[9] US Congressional and Western intelligence officials recently assessed that Putin retains these war aims and is uninterested in negotiations.[10] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has consistently reiterated Ukraine's intent to negotiate with Russia in good faith and make compromises, including offering a territorial exchange that Russian officials rejected, and negotiating directly with Putin despite Putin's continuous efforts to discredit Zelensky.[11] US officials have also offered negotiating terms to Russia to promote good-faith negotiations.[12] The Kremlin is attempting to portray the US and European positions on negotiations as significantly different by falsely portraying European countries as wanting to continue the war when the United States and European countries largely agree on key points.[13] US and European officials have continuously reiterated that both Russia and Ukraine will have to make territorial concessions, and Trump reiterated again on February 26 that Russia will have to make concessions in peace negotiations.[14]
European countries have announced several new military assistance packages for Ukraine in recent weeks and reiterated the importance of continued military assistance to Ukraine.[15] US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on February 26 that “what Ukraine really needs is a deterrent...to make it costly for anyone to come after them again in the future.”[16] US and European officials have also continuously reiterated the importance of preserving Ukrainian sovereignty and the importance of both Ukrainian and European involvement in peace negotiations.[17] The Kremlin likely aims to exacerbate divisions between the United States and Europe as well as between the US, Europe, and Ukraine to extract further concessions in peace negotiations and other talks in Russia's favor, including those that support Putin's maximalist war aims.
Russian officials proposed that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) assume control over all Russian pretrial detention facilities amid reports that the FSB is in charge of a pretrial detention facility linked to the abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs). Russian State Duma Security and Anti-Corruption Committee Chairperson Vasily Piskarev announced on February 26 that he submitted a bill that would transfer control of Russian pretrial detention facilities from the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service back to the FSB.[68] Piskarev claimed that the number of detentions for treason, extremism, and terrorism have multiplied since the start of the war in Ukraine and that transferring pretrial detention facilities back to the FSB allows for additional security in the facilities and more effective criminal investigations. Actors reportedly affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) took hostages at Russian penal colonies in two high-profile incidences in June and August 2024.[69] The FSB reportedly controls the SIZO-2 pretrial detention center in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, which is reportedly a torture center for Ukrainian POWs.[70] The FSB is reportedly recruiting former Russian civilian and military officials in pretrial detention centers and colonies for the war effort in Ukraine.[71] Russia transferred control of pretrial detention facilities from the FSB to the Federal Penitentiary Service in April 2006 to comply with membership requirements for the Council of Europe, which expelled Russia in March 2022 in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.[72]
The Kremlin continues to militarize the Russian government by appointing veterans of the war in Ukraine to government positions. The Russian “Time of Heroes” veteran program, which prepares Russian veterans of the war in Ukraine for professional work outside of the military, announced on February 26 that its participant Alexander Sheptukhin became the Advisor to the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) head.[73]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-26-2025
https://x.com/KilledInUkraine/status/1893701379929022509
How many Russian officers died in Afghanistan?
The National Intelligence Service stated in a message to the press that North Korean forces were redeployed to the Kursk front in early February following a roughly one-month lull. “The exact number is still being assessed, but there have been additional deployments,” the agency added.
Hong Min, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute for National Unification, said, “North Korea appears to have seen certain gains from its initial troop deployment. Pyongyang is likely seeking to expand its role to secure greater political and military rewards.” “While US President Donald Trump appears to be pushing for an accelerated end to the war, both Russia and North Korea anticipate a prolonged conflict,” he said. “North Korea is likely to expand beyond infantry forces, sending specialized units in mechanized artillery, electronic warfare and reconnaissance to gain diverse combat experience,” he added.
The only sustainable and lasting peace Russia will agree to is one that is imposed military on them.
https://x.com/Vijesti11111/status/1894820262807323033
The combat effectiveness of RU forces is abysmal.
NOELreports/status/1895082497928507476
NOELreports/status/1895081101489529120
...responding to Trump's statement on negotiations.
Sounds like ruzzia is unwilling to negotiate.
Meanwhile, the Presidential airplane has just left Poland and is heading for the US.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1895075920706445760
Not a chance that pitin would accept let alone survive a “peace” settlement leaving self proclaimed parts of Russia still in the hands of Ukrainian “nazis”.
Ever since the initial invasion failed this war has become all about saving putins skin.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1895075503700132150
Pitin set the stage by annexing territories he does not control and is unlikely to ever do so at his present rate of meat vs territorial gains.
Anything less than control of all of these territories means the end of him.
Interesting comparison, the German invasion of Russia lasted just under 4 years. Taking around 20% of just Ukraine has taken over 3 years 🤔
Looks like good mule terrain 😂😎
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1895070417301447122
So UKF have a drone that can drop a 500 pound bomb. Cool.
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