U.S. President Donald Trump spoke when he signed an executive order from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2025.
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Trump administration suggests Ukraine to gain 50% ownership of the country’s rare earth minerals and says it’s open Deploy the US military According to four U.S. officials, if a deal is reached with Russia to end the war, they will be guarded there.
The ownership agreement is not a way for Ukraine to pay billions of dollars in weapons to the United States and support the weapons it provides to Keefe Since the war began in February 2022two officials said.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed a contract at a meeting in Kiev on Wednesday to award half of Ukrainian rare earth minerals to Vorodimir, according to a briefing by eight U.S. officials. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
After that meeting, Becente said the draft U.S.-Ukraine Rare Earth Minerals Agreement reflects the president’s goals, but he did not provide details about the government’s recommendations.
Zelenskyy refused to sign the document when he introduced it during the meeting, saying he needed to research and consult with others.
Ukrainian leader said at the time that he and his team “will do everything to review all the details of the document” before he arrived in Munich, where he met with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. lawmakers worldwide on Friday Onlookers of the security meeting.
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington and the White House National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
Zelenskyy said in a speech at the security meeting on Friday that his lawyers will submit documents to him in Kiev and make suggestions and some changes. He called the proposal a memorandum between the United States and Ukraine, rather than a security agreement.
In recent months, President Donald Trump has expressed interest in reaching a deal with Ukraine that will give the United States a wealth of opportunities for its rare earth minerals used to produce a variety of technical products.
In the nearest one interview Trump followed Fox News that he hopes the U.S. gets $500 billion worth of Ukrainian rare earth minerals and said Kiev “basically agrees to do so.”
Trump administration suggests Ukraine to gain 50% ownership of the country’s rare earth minerals and says it’s open Deploy the US military According to four U.S. officials, if a deal is reached with Russia to end the war, they will be guarded there.
The ownership agreement is not a way for Ukraine to pay billions of dollars in weapons to the United States and support the weapons it provides to Keefe Since the war began in February 2022two officials said.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed a contract at a meeting in Kiev on Wednesday to award half of Ukrainian rare earth minerals to Vorodimir, according to a briefing by eight U.S. officials. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
After that meeting, Becente said the draft U.S.-Ukraine Rare Earth Minerals Agreement reflects the president’s goals, but he did not provide details about the government’s recommendations.
Zelenskyy refused to sign the document when he introduced it during the meeting, saying he needed to research and consult with others.
Ukrainian leader said at the time that he and his team “will do everything to review all the details of the document” before he arrived in Munich, where he met with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. lawmakers worldwide on Friday Onlookers of the security meeting.
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington and the White House National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
Zelenskyy said in a speech at the security meeting on Friday that his lawyers will submit documents to him in Kiev and make suggestions and some changes. He called the proposal a memorandum between the United States and Ukraine, rather than a security agreement.
In recent months, President Donald Trump has expressed interest in reaching a deal with Ukraine that will give the United States a wealth of opportunities for its rare earth minerals used to produce a variety of technical products.
In the nearest one interview Trump followed Fox News that he hopes the U.S. gets $500 billion worth of Ukrainian rare earth minerals and said Kiev “basically agrees to do so.”
“In all the difficult situations, you have a chance. But we have few opportunities – there are few opportunities to survive without the support of the United States. I think it’s very important, critical.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this week that U.S. troops will not be deployed to Ukraine as part of any security assurances in the country. Wall Street Journal Report Friday Vance said in an interview with the newspaper that if Russia does not sincerely negotiate a peace agreement, the United States will be “at the table” to send troops to Ukraine.
Trump has long supported Ukraine in the United States, Zelenskyy In past campaigns, “the greatest salesman ever”.
“Every time Zelenskyy comes to the United States, he walks away for $100 billion,” Trump said in September. “I think he is the greatest salesman on the planet. But unless I am president, we’re stuck in This war.”
