US EditionUS says minerals deal will strengthen Trump in talks with Russia - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
- On May 2, 2025, the United States and Ukraine signed an accord in Washington granting the U.S. Priority access to new Ukrainian mineral resources.
- The deal follows Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and comes amid ongoing conflict, with Ukraine preparing to ratify the pact on May 8.
- The agreement, heavily promoted by President Donald Trump, sets up a joint investment fund for Ukraine's reconstruction but stops short of security guarantees.
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the deal sends a strong signal to Russia and strengthens Trump's negotiating position, while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called it a 'truly equal agreement.'
- The pact aims to improve U.S.-Ukraine ties and support Ukraine's economic and security recovery, with parliament expected to ratify it soon amid hopes for renewed U.S. Backing.
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Trump's Bold Strategy to Get a Ukraine War Peace Deal
Two days after inking a deal to share future revenues from Ukrainian mineral deposits, the United States is pressuring Ukraine and Russia to come to the negotiating table with more realistic demands of their own to bring an end to the war. At a Friday press conference, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said American diplomats will not “fly around the world at the drop of a hat” to mediate in conversations unlikely to yield results. “We w…
The Verkhovna Rada got confused in fossil agreements: EADaily
EADaily, May 2nd, 2025. In the USA, three documents on the agreement on minerals have been signed, while the government has so far made public only one. This was stated in social networks by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (Verkhovna Rada) of Ukraine from the European Solidarity party Irina Gerashchenko.
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