The president of the United States suggested on Monday that demands Ukraine to safe access to uncommon earth metals in exchange for further military assistance.
“We say Ukraine has very valuable uncommon earth metals. We want you to They pawned it as a guarantee. We want a warrant due to the fact that we give them money in handfuls," Trump said.
– So we effort to make a deal with Ukraine, where they will safe what we give them, utilizing their uncommon earth metals and another things," he added.
Zelenski responded. Kiev ready
Trump did not give details of how specified an agreement would look, but stressed that Kiev was curious in it.
The announcement was confirmed a day later by the president of Ukraine, who announced that his state was ready to share your resources with an American ally.
"We are open to the fact that all of this can be developed with our partners, who both aid us defend our land and repel the enemy with their weapons, their presence and sanctions packages," said Zelenski, quoted by the Union.
As reported by the agency, on Monday Zelenski's office made contact with a peculiar typical of the U.S. president to Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg.
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U.S. support for Ukraine. Zelenski and Trump already spoke in the fall
Already in the fall of 2024, Zelenski talked to Trump about making the key partners available Ukraine's uncommon earth deposits in exchange for safety guarantees – the crucial Ukrainian media.
‘Zelenski added a point concerning uncommon earth metallic resources to his 'win plan', hoping for the United States', informed the Suspilne portal with its appointment as a origin at the law firm of the head of the Ukrainian State.
‘To ensure that these resources are used, it is essential to guarantee safety so that the Russians do not occupy the land with these resources," the interviewer said.
Similar information, with the appointment of an anonymous informant from the Ukrainian president's environment, provided the RBK-Ukraine portal, which wrote that "this is simply a question that... Zelenski discussed at a gathering with Donald Trump in the fall".
Ukrainian resources. Prospective reserves of ‘white gold’
Ukraine has deposits of essential natural materials for the economy, and taking control of them was 1 of the reasons for Russian aggression against this country.
As they reminded in their own study of 2023 analysts of the Polish Chamber of Ecology, Ukraine has crucial reserves of industrial metals, 1 of the largest uncommon earth metals in Europe, and the forward-looking reserves of lithium.
It is estimated that in the area alleged Volynsko-azowska shield may be in 500,000 tons of this metalcalled white gold, as it plays a key function in the green transformation, including as a material for the production of lithium-ion batteries.
According to estimates, the value of metallic deposits in Ukraine reaches $12 trillion. Part of these resources are located in Ukraine, which is occupied by Russia.
