Yuri Kobzar20:39, 27.02.25

It seems that Washington has come back down to earth and has significantly reduced its appetite.

The United States hopes to make about $20 billion from a Ukrainian minerals deal being negotiated between Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump, Kevin Hassett, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, told NewsNation .

He said American access to Ukrainian resources would help U.S. national security because Americans would get “critical minerals that are so important for building computers and everything else.”

At the same time, he is convinced that the presence of American capital in Ukraine will somehow restrain Russia from new aggression against Ukraine.

“If there are U.S. properties in those places, that would help protect those places because you certainly wouldn’t want to attack U.S. properties,” Hassett said.

Resource Agreement

As UNIAN reported, yesterday the Cabinet of Ministers approved the draft Ukrainian-American agreement on resources , which the government is presenting as an agreement on an investment fund for the needs of reconstruction in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry calls not to perceive the bilateral agreement with the US as a final document. They say that it is a framework document , that is, rather the first step in cooperation.

Meanwhile, experts warn that Trump and his team clearly do not understand what resources Ukraine actually has and are clearly overestimating the benefits of a potential deal.

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