Kateryna Schwartz20:51, 11.04.25

The states are demanding billions of dollars in reimbursement for all previously provided aid, the publication reported.

The latest draft of the mineral resources agreement between Ukraine and the United States contains stricter conditions than previous ones. The United States now demands that the proceeds from the resources return billions of dollars in all previously provided aid without any security guarantees. This is reported by The New York Times , having reviewed the relevant draft agreement.

As reported in the NYT, on April 11, the US and Ukraine will resume negotiations on this “controversial” agreement in a revised version that “revives tough demands previously rejected by Kyiv.” It is noted that the Ukrainian delegation is headed by Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Kachka.

“The new proposal returns to Trump’s original demand that Ukraine return billions to the US… The new draft also echoes earlier versions by excluding any mention of security guarantees for Ukraine, a provision that Kyiv had long insisted on and which it managed to include in the draft last month,” the publication says.

Resource Agreement – What the US Demands

It is noted that Washington is demanding all profits from the fund created under the agreement until Kyiv returns at least the equivalent of the aid provided to the US at 4% per annum.

“The United States will also retain the “right of first offer” for new projects and the right to veto the sale of Ukrainian resources to third countries. And in the first year of the agreement, Ukraine will be prohibited from offering any investment projects to third parties with better financial or economic terms than those offered by the United States,” the NYT noted.

It is also indicated that the created fund will be controlled by the US International Development Finance Corporation.

(C)UNIAN 2025