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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pored over a once-classified map of vast deposits of rare earths and other critical minerals during an interview with @Reuters, part of a push to appeal to Donald Trump’s penchant for a deal https://t.co/1kQnfqx2u5 pic.twitter.com/XxOAwUNb3n
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 7, 2025
Strong security always has many elements, and each one matters. Ukraine possesses some of the largest strategic resource reserves in Europe, and protecting Ukraine also means protecting these resources. Resources that can either strengthen our state and our partners—or Russia and… pic.twitter.com/EcRCYRiGkm
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 7, 2025
He’s just throwing anything out there at this point.
He’s got billions of dollars he stole in offshore accounts, but what good is that if he can’t walk around without 40 million Ukrainians trying to assassinate him for what he did to their country? He ends up in a gilded cage.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pored over a once-classified map of vast deposits of rare earths and other critical minerals during an interview with Reuters on Friday, part of a push to appeal to Donald Trump’s penchant for a deal.
The U.S. president, whose administration is pressing for a rapid end to Ukraine’s war with Russia, said on Monday he wanted Ukraine to supply the U.S. with rare earths and other minerals in return for financially supporting its war effort.
“If we are talking about a deal, then let’s do a deal, we are only for it,” Zelenskiy said, emphasising Ukraine’s need for security guarantees from its allies as part of any settlement.
Ukraine floated the idea of opening its critical minerals to investment by allies last autumn, as it presented a “victory plan” that sought to put it in the strongest position for talks and force Moscow to the table.
Zelenskiy said less than 20% of Ukraine’s mineral resources, including about half its rare earth deposits, were under Russian occupation.
Rare earths are important in the manufacture of high-performance magnets, electric motors and consumer electronics; Zelenskiy said Moscow could open those resources to its allies North Korea and Iran, both sworn U.S. enemies.
“We need to stop Putin and protect what we have – a very rich Dnipro region, central Ukraine,” he said.
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Ukraine has rapidly retuned its foreign policy approach to align with the transactional world view set out by the new occupant of the White House, Ukraine’s most important ally.
But Zelenskiy 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. I would also like to talk about this with President Trump.”
Trump is probably going to take the resources, and then offer a reconstruction deal after the peace deal, which Zelensky can’t be a part of.
REPORTER: What you said about Ukraine earlier — the rare earth. Do you want them to give the rare earth to the United States?
TRUMP: Yeah pic.twitter.com/LdTT5H7Yri
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 3, 2025
