The U.S. and Ukraine are back-and-forthing on a deal to exploit Kyiv’s rare earths in return for Washington’s support.

Summary

Ukraine is hesitating to sign a U.S.-backed deal that would grant American companies access to 50% of its rare earth minerals in exchange for continued military support.

President Zelenskyy cited legal concerns and the lack of security guarantees.

The deal, pushed by Trump allies, aims to showcase Ukraine’s value to U.S. interests while reducing reliance on Chinese minerals.

However, Kyiv’s 2021 strategic partnership with the EU complicates negotiations, as European leaders resist surrendering shared resources to Washington. Talks remain ongoing.

  • volodya_ilich@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I happen to generally trust Germany because generally their information is accurate

    I highly distrust information from Germany as someone who lived there for 3+ years. There’s a reason why there’s also a wave of fascism over there.

    Tell me which “sources” would you trust?

    Primary sources providing evidence. Appeal to authority isn’t enough evidence for me, evidence is. I didn’t need to trust any particular sources that there was an ongoing genocide in Gaza because I could simply open up my phone and have 100 new different videos from that very day of kids being bombed from a variety of journalist outlets from different countries and social media accounts.