Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggests offering access to Ukraine's vast rare earth and mineral reserves to the US in exchange for financial support and security guarantees. Zelenskyy aims to leverage Ukraine's rich resources, including Europe's largest reserves of titanium and uranium, to secure a favorable deal with the US, highlighting the need for a strategic partnership.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pored over a once-classified map of vast deposits of rare earths and other critical minerals as he discussed a push to appeal to Donald Trump's penchant for a deal. The US president, whose administration is pressing for a rapid end to Ukraine's war with Russia, said on Monday he wanted Ukraine to supply the US with rare earths and other minerals in return for financially supporting its war effort.
Ukraine has rapidly re-tuned its foreign policy approach to align with the transactional worldview set out by the new occupant of the White House, Ukraine's most important ally. But Zelenskyy emphasised that Kyiv was not proposing "giving away" its resources, but offering a mutually beneficial partnership to develop them jointly: "The Americans helped the most, and therefore the Americans should earn the most. And they should have this priority, and they will.
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