...тут и там, ходят слухи по домам
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Появилась информация, что США и Украина договорились про соглашение на счет выплаты США контрибуций и репераций в тройном развмере, за поставленное ранее вооружение, вот-вот подпишут.
При том, что на публику "предложения" США выглядили как обычный рекет, и в нем нет гарантий безопасности и вообще деталей о реальной продолжающейся помощи, поддержки Украины, там напор на то что "Украина должна", то возникает вопрос, как и чем США надавили на Зеленского?
И еще вопрос, правомочен ли Зеленский быть единственным от Украины, кто соглашается на такое заманчивое предложение, ведь, как ни крути, в Украине диктатуры нет (несмотря на трамповские заявления), а есть парламентско-президентская республика, и все должно проходжить через Верховную Раду. И Верховная Рада не в кармане у Зеленского, как Конгресс США у трампа.
Draft minerals deal lacks U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine
Trump seeks peacekeeping troops in Ukraine if conflict ends Ukraine's mineral wealth could benefit
U.S. under new deal LONDON/WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) -
The U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of a draft minerals deal central to Kyiv's push to win Washington's support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
A source familiar with the contents of the draft agreement said that it does not specify any U.S. security guarantees or continued flow of weapons but says that the United States wants Ukraine to be “free, sovereign and secure.” One of the sources familiar with the deal said future weapons shipments are still being discussed between Washington and Kyiv. Trump told reporters that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants to come to Washington on Friday to sign a "very big deal." This came after the two leaders exchanged hostile words last week.
The U.S. president, who has cast the deal as a repayment for billions of dollars in aid to Kyiv, also said some form of peacekeeping troops are needed in Ukraine if an agreement to end the conflict is struck. Moscow, which launched an invasion of Ukraine three years ago, has refused to accept any deployment of NATO forces.
Some European countries have said they would be willing to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine. Trump said on Monday that Moscow would accept such peacekeepers, but the Kremlin denied that on Tuesday.
Officials on both sides have agreed to the draft and advised it should be signed, the sources said. MONEY BACK FOR "THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER" The deal could open up Ukraine's vast mineral wealth to the U.S. "What we're doing is now we're saying, look, we want to be secured," Trump said. "The American taxpayer now is going to get their money back, plus."Zelenskiy refused to sign an earlier draft of a minerals agreement as Washington sought rights to $500 billion in Ukraine's natural wealth. Kyiv protested it had received far less than that in U.S. aid and the deal lacked the security guarantees Ukraine needs.
Under the terms of a draft minerals agreement, according to sources familiar with its contents, the United States and Ukraine would establish a Reconstruction Investment Fund to collect and reinvest revenues from Ukrainian sources including minerals, hydrocarbons and other extractable materials.
Ukraine would contribute to the fund 50% of the revenue minus operating expenses and continue until the contributions reach the sum of $500 billion. The United States would provide a long-term financial commitment to the development of a “stable and economically prosperous Ukraine.” Asked what Ukraine would get in return for the minerals deal, Trump cited what he said was $350 billion already provided by the U.S. "and lots of ... military equipment and the right to fight on." Scott Anderson, a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, said that while the minerals deal would look like "a kind of piracy" to much of the world it is necessary to get buy-in from Trump and Republican lawmakers. "They say this gives him (Trump) real skin in the game. I think there is real logic to that,"
“I hear that he's coming on Friday," Trump told reporters. "Certainly it's okay with me if he'd like to. And he would like to sign it together with me." European officials have been left flat-footed by Trump's decisions to hold talks on ending the war in Ukraine with Russia, spurning both Kyiv and Europe, and by his administration's warning that the U.S. was no longer primarily focused on Europe's security.
A White House meeting could give Zelenskiy a chance to make his case for continued U.S. support directly to Trump, who last week falsely accused Kyiv of starting the war. Ukraine has deposits of 22 of the 34 minerals identified by the European Union as critical, according to Ukrainian data.
They include industrial and construction materials, ferroalloy, precious and non-ferrous metals, and some rare earth elements. Ukraine's reserves of graphite, a key component in electric vehicle batteries and nuclear reactors, represent 20% of global resources.
При том, что на публику "предложения" США выглядили как обычный рекет, и в нем нет гарантий безопасности и вообще деталей о реальной продолжающейся помощи, поддержки Украины, там напор на то что "Украина должна", то возникает вопрос, как и чем США надавили на Зеленского?
И еще вопрос, правомочен ли Зеленский быть единственным от Украины, кто соглашается на такое заманчивое предложение, ведь, как ни крути, в Украине диктатуры нет (несмотря на трамповские заявления), а есть парламентско-президентская республика, и все должно проходжить через Верховную Раду. И Верховная Рада не в кармане у Зеленского, как Конгресс США у трампа.
Draft minerals deal lacks U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine
Trump seeks peacekeeping troops in Ukraine if conflict ends Ukraine's mineral wealth could benefit
U.S. under new deal LONDON/WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) -
The U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of a draft minerals deal central to Kyiv's push to win Washington's support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
A source familiar with the contents of the draft agreement said that it does not specify any U.S. security guarantees or continued flow of weapons but says that the United States wants Ukraine to be “free, sovereign and secure.” One of the sources familiar with the deal said future weapons shipments are still being discussed between Washington and Kyiv. Trump told reporters that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants to come to Washington on Friday to sign a "very big deal." This came after the two leaders exchanged hostile words last week.
The U.S. president, who has cast the deal as a repayment for billions of dollars in aid to Kyiv, also said some form of peacekeeping troops are needed in Ukraine if an agreement to end the conflict is struck. Moscow, which launched an invasion of Ukraine three years ago, has refused to accept any deployment of NATO forces.
Some European countries have said they would be willing to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine. Trump said on Monday that Moscow would accept such peacekeepers, but the Kremlin denied that on Tuesday.
Officials on both sides have agreed to the draft and advised it should be signed, the sources said. MONEY BACK FOR "THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER" The deal could open up Ukraine's vast mineral wealth to the U.S. "What we're doing is now we're saying, look, we want to be secured," Trump said. "The American taxpayer now is going to get their money back, plus."Zelenskiy refused to sign an earlier draft of a minerals agreement as Washington sought rights to $500 billion in Ukraine's natural wealth. Kyiv protested it had received far less than that in U.S. aid and the deal lacked the security guarantees Ukraine needs.
Under the terms of a draft minerals agreement, according to sources familiar with its contents, the United States and Ukraine would establish a Reconstruction Investment Fund to collect and reinvest revenues from Ukrainian sources including minerals, hydrocarbons and other extractable materials.
Ukraine would contribute to the fund 50% of the revenue minus operating expenses and continue until the contributions reach the sum of $500 billion. The United States would provide a long-term financial commitment to the development of a “stable and economically prosperous Ukraine.” Asked what Ukraine would get in return for the minerals deal, Trump cited what he said was $350 billion already provided by the U.S. "and lots of ... military equipment and the right to fight on." Scott Anderson, a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, said that while the minerals deal would look like "a kind of piracy" to much of the world it is necessary to get buy-in from Trump and Republican lawmakers. "They say this gives him (Trump) real skin in the game. I think there is real logic to that,"
“I hear that he's coming on Friday," Trump told reporters. "Certainly it's okay with me if he'd like to. And he would like to sign it together with me." European officials have been left flat-footed by Trump's decisions to hold talks on ending the war in Ukraine with Russia, spurning both Kyiv and Europe, and by his administration's warning that the U.S. was no longer primarily focused on Europe's security.
A White House meeting could give Zelenskiy a chance to make his case for continued U.S. support directly to Trump, who last week falsely accused Kyiv of starting the war. Ukraine has deposits of 22 of the 34 minerals identified by the European Union as critical, according to Ukrainian data.
They include industrial and construction materials, ferroalloy, precious and non-ferrous metals, and some rare earth elements. Ukraine's reserves of graphite, a key component in electric vehicle batteries and nuclear reactors, represent 20% of global resources.