The U.S. and Ukraine are back-and-forthing on a deal to exploit Kyiv’s rare earths in return for Washington’s support.

Summary

Ukraine is hesitating to sign a U.S.-backed deal that would grant American companies access to 50% of its rare earth minerals in exchange for continued military support.

President Zelenskyy cited legal concerns and the lack of security guarantees.

The deal, pushed by Trump allies, aims to showcase Ukraine’s value to U.S. interests while reducing reliance on Chinese minerals.

However, Kyiv’s 2021 strategic partnership with the EU complicates negotiations, as European leaders resist surrendering shared resources to Washington. Talks remain ongoing.

    • شاهد على إبادة@lemm.eeEnglish
      215·
      6 days ago

      They is unqualified, I assume you mean all of the three: US, Israel and Russia. For those who forgot or weren’t paying attention to US war crimes:

      Saturday, 6 November, 2004, US strikes raze Falluja hospital

      On 3 October 2015, US airstrikes destroyed our trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 42 people

      Edit: guessing from the downvotes war crimes committed by the US and Israel, or committed against Arabs and Afghans don’t count. War crimes are only bad if Russia does it. Good to know.

      • ZinkEnglish
        11·
        6 days ago

        I think you’re going downvoted because you start off being disingenuous (“they” clearly refers to Russian invaders) and follow that up with some whataboutism.

        I can assure you that the Lemmy population is quite aware of bad things being done, it having been done, by other governments. Even ones that live under those governments.

          • ZinkEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            Not sure what you mean. If my post reads like “understanding the written word helps” then yeah it does but that isn’t remotely what my point was.

      • onecarmel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        6 days ago

        Well, you’ve found yourself in a thread about the Ukraine-Russia conflict, so those others are irrelevant to this discussion

        Fuck Hamas

        Edit: hope you weren’t one of those fools that voted for Trump. He wants to turn Gaza into a strip mall or a golf course

    • volodya_ilich@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      6 days ago

      I’m not taking anything in any way, I’m making a statement about numbers, not about intentions