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US, EU move apart as Trump eyes Ukraine’s minerals and a deal with Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski said he intends to meet US President Donald Trump “since Friday” to sign a bilateral trade agreement to develop and manage mineral wealth in Ukraine.

Trump insisted on the deal three weeks after he took office for the assistance of the United States in the three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and he told one of the interview, “I was told. [Ukraine] I want the equivalent, such as $ 500 billion in rare land, and they mainly agreed to do so. “

Zelenskyy rejected this number publicly, which is Twice Any deal that does not contain security guarantees for Ukraine.

The text of the agreement, published by the Western media on Wednesday, did not reveal any guarantees, and no significant extent has been placed on the value that the United States will receive – although Trump told the correspondents “may be a trillion dollars.”

The leaked agreement says that Ukraine and the United States will create a joint box, and Ukraine will contribute to the Fund 50 percent of all revenues gained from the future liquefaction of all the assets of the relevant Ukrainian government -owned resources … which are known as minerals, hydrocarbons, oil, natural gas, and other extractable materials. “

It also included revenue from infrastructure, such as fossil gas stations and ports.

She said that the revenues of this fund will be re -invested “to enhance the safety, security and prosperity of Ukraine.”

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A A joint report this week The European Commission, the World Bank, the United Nations and the Ukrainian government have put the cost of reconstruction in the country at more than half a trillion dollars.

The metal agreement also did not address the place where the European Union members, who provided more than half of the military and financial aid received by Ukraine, left, unlike saying that Ukraine and the United States “will strive to avoid conflicts with Ukraine’s obligations under its accession to the European Union.”

French Defense Chief Sebastian Lecorno has revealed that he has been in talks with Ukraine since October to secure access to rare vital metals for defense and electronics industries.

“Our defense industry will need a number of major raw materials in our weapons systems, not for the next year, but for the next thirty or forty years. He said in a television interview:” We have to intend to do so. “

On the day the agreement was leaked, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media, “uncertainty, inability to predict, deals. Are these really the rules that the new international system should depend on?”

Trump’s war of words with Europe

Trump did not hide from his aggressive point of view of the European Union. The European Union for the United States Championship has been formed. This is the purpose of this and they have done a very good job.

Tusk’s reaction by publishing, “The European Union has not been formed to discourage anyone.

Trump’s departure from a common position with Europe in Ukraine became clear when he started direct talks with Russia on February 18, which does not include Ukraine or the European Union. The second round of those talks took place in Istanbul on Thursday.

When the war reached the third anniversary on Monday, Trump moved away, as he was standing by Russia in the vote of the Security Council, which avoids the nomination of Russia’s aggressor in the war, or demanding the return of the Ukrainian lands that Russia seized.

Members of the European Union in the Security Council, including Britain, France, Greece, Slovenia and Denmark, abstained from.

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The United States tried to pass the same text in a The United Nations General Assembly vote Earlier in the day, but was rejected. The decision that was passed to the University of Unga also avoided naming Russia in the war, but called for the restoration of regional integrity in Ukraine, according to the Charter of the United Nations.

In 2023, it was Ukraine I started an effort To pass the decision of the United Nations General Assembly condemn Russia as the aggressor. On Monday’s decision, which was approved by 93 out of 193 countries, has shown to what extent Ukraine is getting to obtain the majority of the two -thirds it seeks.

Victoria Vdovycinko, Program leaders at the Gioplolic Center in an article that places a sign of the memory of “Victoria Vadovicoko, Program Commander at the Gioplolic Center in an article that puts a mark on the memory of the war:” The system was once dependent on the rules, agreements and common values ​​under the tsunami of geopolitical and economic challenges … Now, its presence is all subject to question “.

In a sign of Trump’s strength, the Europeans tried to satisfy him despite the increasing distance between them.

The next day of the United Nations voting, the French President Emmanuel Macron A fun press conference was held with Trump at the White House, where he provided cautious support to the metal deal.

He also agreed that European countries “need to do more … to share the burden of security that your country carries for many years.”

Higseth HouseOn February 12, Defense Minister of Trump stated that “strategic strategic facts prevent the United States from focusing mainly on the security of Europe,” and called on Europeans to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense.

British Prime Minister Kiir Become a star The second European Union leader to compel Trump to announce a rise in defensive spending before a trip to Washington on Thursday. He said that the defense would go from 2 to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027, and 3 % by 2029.

Few US security guarantees for Ukraine

Higseth told the Europeans that they should provide a “huge share” of aid to Ukraine.

This was emphasized this week, as Trump said he would not do the lion’s share of security guarantees.

Trump told reporters It was not necessary.

He said on Wednesday: “I will not make security guarantees that exceed a lot.” “We will make Europe do so.”

This seems to weaken the hopes expressed by Zelinski after Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, General Keith Keel, on February 20. Zelinski said they had a “good conversation” with “a lot of details” about security guarantees, among other things.

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Sunday Zelenskyy until it was offered Trump resigned after Trump called him a dictator.

“If the matter is related to peace in Ukraine and you really want to leave my position, I am ready to do this,” he told reporters. Second, I can exchange it for NATO [membership] If there is such an opportunity. “

Earlier in the day, Russia launched the largest air attack on the war against Ukrainian cities, which included 267 Kamikase drones and three ballistic missiles. Ukraine dropped or used electronic jamming to dismantle all drones except for seven pilots.

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2025-02-27 15:35:00

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