{"id":1460,"date":"2025-02-27T09:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T01:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2025-02-27T09:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T01:18:11","slug":"ukraine-and-us-finalize-minerals-deal-amid-hopes-for-security-guarantees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/?p=1460","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine and US Finalize Minerals Deal Amid Hopes for Security Guarantees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tags: Ukraine, US Minerals Deal, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump, Russia, Security Agreement, Rare Earth Minerals, Geopolitics, NATO, European Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ukraine Agrees to US Minerals Deal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has reached an agreement with the United States on a minerals deal, which could be signed as early as Friday. Kyiv hopes this agreement will lead to security assurances from Washington, though the terms remain unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal grants the US access to Ukraine\u2019s mineral resources, particularly rare earth minerals used in aerospace and electric vehicle technologies. A new joint fund will be established to manage revenues, shared between Ukraine and the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump\u2019s Demand for Compensation Alters US-Ukraine Relations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump, who has dramatically reshaped US foreign policy, initially demanded Ukraine provide <strong>$500 billion worth of minerals<\/strong> as compensation for the wartime aid it received under Joe Biden. Ukraine resisted, leading to revisions in the agreement that removed such clauses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, when asked about Ukraine\u2019s return on the deal, deflected, referencing past US military aid: <strong>\u201cBiden was throwing money around like it\u2019s cotton candy. We want to get that money back.\u201d<\/strong> He suggested the agreement could be worth a <strong>trillion dollars or more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security Guarantees Remain Vague<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the draft agreement mentions <strong>US investment in a stable and prosperous Ukraine<\/strong>, it does not explicitly outline security commitments. Ukraine had initially pushed for a more concrete assurance, but the final wording remains broad, stating that the US supports \u201cefforts to guarantee security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, who has sought closer ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has not indicated whether military or diplomatic guarantees will be provided in exchange for Ukraine\u2019s cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Europe Watches Anxiously as US Policy Shifts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s recent foreign policy shifts have unsettled European allies. He has engaged with Putin while taking a softer stance on Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. On Monday, the US sided with Russia at the <strong>United Nations<\/strong>, avoiding condemnation of Moscow and focusing instead on ending the war without insisting on Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French President Emmanuel Macron, who met with Trump on Monday, <strong>warned that peace cannot mean Ukraine\u2019s surrender<\/strong> and urged continued US support. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has emphasized the need for a <strong>US \u201cbackstop\u201d to deter future Russian aggression<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Zelenskyy prepares to visit Washington to finalize the deal, the broader implications for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and European security remain uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: Ukraine, US Minerals Deal, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, D [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1461,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions\/1461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}