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Reuters: Ukraine says mineral deal not final; summary shows US demands more income
Reuters - Ukraine says mineral deal not final; summary shows US demands more income
By Pavel Polityuk, Erin Banco, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal
March 28, 20257:22 AM EDT
Summary
• US demanding all income from joint fund until aid paid back
• Zelenskiy says he won't sign deal that could impoverish Ukraine for decades
• Updated US proposal includes no future security guarantees
• Putin seeks removal of Ukrainian government, says Russia prepared for peace but winning war
KYIV/WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - The terms of a mineral deal between Ukraine and the U.S. have not yet been finalised, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, after a summary of Washington's latest offer suggested it was demanding all of Ukraine's natural resources income for years.
The latest U.S. proposal would require Kyiv to send Washington all profit from a fund controlling Ukrainian resources until Ukraine had repaid all American wartime aid, plus interest, according to the summary, reviewed by Reuters.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko told lawmakers that Kyiv would issue its position on the new draft only once there was consensus. Until then, public discussion would be harmful, she said.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior official in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, told Reuters there was no finalised draft for now: "Consultations are still happening at the level of the various ministries," he said, declining to elaborate further.
Another Ukrainian source described the full document presented by the Americans as "huge".
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By Pavel Polityuk, Erin Banco, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal
March 28, 20257:22 AM EDT
Summary
• US demanding all income from joint fund until aid paid back
• Zelenskiy says he won't sign deal that could impoverish Ukraine for decades
• Updated US proposal includes no future security guarantees
• Putin seeks removal of Ukrainian government, says Russia prepared for peace but winning war
KYIV/WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - The terms of a mineral deal between Ukraine and the U.S. have not yet been finalised, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, after a summary of Washington's latest offer suggested it was demanding all of Ukraine's natural resources income for years.
The latest U.S. proposal would require Kyiv to send Washington all profit from a fund controlling Ukrainian resources until Ukraine had repaid all American wartime aid, plus interest, according to the summary, reviewed by Reuters.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko told lawmakers that Kyiv would issue its position on the new draft only once there was consensus. Until then, public discussion would be harmful, she said.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior official in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, told Reuters there was no finalised draft for now: "Consultations are still happening at the level of the various ministries," he said, declining to elaborate further.
Another Ukrainian source described the full document presented by the Americans as "huge".
/snip
No way Ukraine goes along with this nonsense!
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The other one's here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220184068
This was my reply on the other thread:
Here's a reaction from one Ukrainian MP, Sergei Zheleznyak, to the "deal"
It's the sort of "deal" a domineering conquering nation would impose on a defeated aggressor.
It's the sort of "deal" a domineering conquering nation would impose on a defeated aggressor.