Ukraine Rejects U.S. Demand for Half of Its Mineral Resources
Ukraine Rejects U.S. Demand for Half of Its Mineral Resources
President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly faulted the American offer, which is tied to continued aid, because it did not include security guarantees.
the American offer, which is tied to continued aid, because it did not include security guarantees.
The unusual deal would have granted the United States a 50 percent interest in all of Ukraine’s mineral resources, including graphite, lithium and uranium, as compensation for past and future support in Kyiv’s war effort against Russian invaders, according to two European officials. A Ukrainian official and an energy expert briefed on the proposal said that the Trump administration also sought Ukrainian energy resources.
Literally disgusting.
This is business as usual. Ukraine's IMF loans required them to privatize state assets, they went for pennies on the dollar. Ukraine's fate since the start was either as a puppet state of Russia or a colony of America.
What's the point of all those materials if nobody can afford to buy anything anymore?
Lower prices for labor and resources increase profits in the short term. This is basic imperialism.
Good. Not like the us is still helping them fight Russia anyway.