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  • Seven takeaways from US-Ukraine resources deal

    05/02/2025 11:03:34 AM PDT · by Mariner · 16 replies
    BBC News ^ | May 1st 2025 | Paul Kirby, James FitzGerald and Tom Geoghegan
    The US and Ukraine have signed a deal that will give Washington access to some of the war-torn country's natural resources.Months in the making, it sets up an investment fund that Ukraine hopes will cement US assistance as the country struggles to repel Russia three years after the invasion. The Ukrainians have now published the deal and there have been public statements from both sides. Here are seven key takeaways.snipThere were some concerns in Kyiv that the resources deal could hinder Ukraine's ability to join the EU, if it gave preferential treatment to US investors, as Kyiv and Brussels already...
  • Ukraine's parliament will vote on ratifying U.S. minerals deal on May 8, lawmaker says

    05/02/2025 9:27:18 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 9 replies
    Reuters ^ | 5/2/2025 | Anastasiia Malenko
    Ukraine's parliament will hold a vote on May 8 to ratify a minerals deal signed with the United States earlier this week, a lawmaker said on Friday, while the prime minister suggested the agreement will help Kyiv with supplies of air defence systems. Ukraine and the U.S. signed a deal on Wednesday that will give the United States preferential access to new investments in extraction of Ukraine's natural resources, and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction. According to the deal, new military aid, if provided by Washington to Kyiv, could be scored as the U.S. contribution to the joint fund being...
  • US-Ukraine inching toward mineral deal amid last-minute roadblocks

    04/30/2025 12:32:47 PM PDT · by McGruff · 11 replies
    Fox News ^ | April 30, 2025 | Michael Dorgan
    The United States and Ukraine are on the verge of signing a mineral deal after months of fraught and chaotic negotiations, although a last-minute snag still needs to be ironed out. Ukraine's prime minister said First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko was flying to Washington on Wednesday to sign the deal, which is central to Kyiv's efforts to mend ties with President Donald Trump and the White House as the U.S. president tries to secure a peace settlement in Russia's war in Ukraine. ... However, a snag arose as Svyrydenko’s plane headed to Washington, with U.S. officials reportedly demanding that...
  • Ukraine ready to sign landmark minerals deal with the US on Wednesday

    04/30/2025 7:00:52 AM PDT · by DFG · 45 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/30/2025 | Emily Crane
    Ukraine wants to sign a landmark minerals agreement with the US in Washington on Wednesday following months-long negotiations, Ukrainian officials said — but it wasn’t clear if the Trump administration was ready to ink the deal. Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko is currently in DC to coordinate final details tied to the mineral resources agreement, according to two senior Ukrainian officials. The Ukrainian Cabinet is expected to approve the agreement’s wording — which includes the main deal and at least two technical accords — ahead of the sit-down. There was no immediate word from the White House on whether the...
  • Ukraine and US Agree to Exempt Repayment of US Aid from Minerals Deal — Prime Minister

    04/28/2025 8:01:45 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 17 replies
    Sputnik News ^ | 4/28/25
    Kiev and Washington have agreed that the US' aid to Ukraine will not be brought up in the US-Ukrainian rare earths deal as a debt obligation, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said after a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "Important meeting with S Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, during which we discussed an agreement between our countries ... There is a good progress ... Agreements have been reached that the document will not account for the US aid provided prior to its signing," Shmyhal said on Telegram. The Ukrainian side has drawn "red lines" of the deal, including that...