According to Bloomberg, Ukraine will request crucial changes in this document, as its current form may endanger Kiev's aspirations to join the European Union. Furthermore, the text would propose that the Ukrainians must return to the United States the value of the financial and military assistance that Washington has given since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion.
The Agency reported that a gathering was held on Friday, attended by representatives of Ukraine and the USA. Ukrainian negotiators expressed their concerns and the American side showed knowing — he revealed a typical of the Ukrainian negotiating squad who wanted to stay anonymous.
Zelenski: the agreement cannot stand in the way of Ukraine to the EU
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenski noted on Friday that the agreement cannot stand in the way of Ukraine to the EU due to the fact that joining this organisation is enshrined in the Ukrainian Constitution. At the same time, he expressed his surprise that any Members of his country's parliament were spreading news about the agreement. any of them powerfully criticized the paper erstwhile Bloomberg and the Financial Times revealed its content on Thursday morning.
What does the working version of the paper contain? The unprecedented economical expansion of the USA
The working version of the paper submitted to the Ukrainian side shows that the Donald Trump administration demands "the right of preemption". If the agreement were to be concluded in this form, it would mean unprecedented economical expansion of the US in the largest territorially European country at the time erstwhile Ukraine seeks to bring it closer to the EU.
The agreement would give the U.S. precedence to profits transferred to a peculiar reconstruction investment fund that would be controlled by Washington. Importantly, the paper states that the US considers the "material and financial advantages" provided to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022 as its contribution to this fund. As a result, the Trump administration would have forced Ukraine to pay for all American military and economical support since the start of the war, before Kiev could derive any income from the partnership fund, Bloomberg reported.
Moreover, according to the project, the US government would have the right of precedence to acquisition Ukrainian metals, minerals and oil and gas, regardless of whether the fund (under American control) financed a given mining project. The deal has no time limit. According to her, Kiev would not have the right to sale minerals. The agreement would besides prevent Kiev from selling critical minerals to US countries, which are ‘strategic competitors’, provided the U.S. agency.
