The Kremlin has responded to the U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal.
According to a New York Post report, the Kremlin unloaded on the U.S. and Ukraine on Thursday after the two countries finalized a deal for Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.
A deal that gives the U.S. a vested interest in the war’s outcome.
“Trump has finally pressured the Kiev regime to pay for US aid with mineral resources,” Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Telegram. “Now, the country that is about to disappear will have to use its national wealth to pay for military supplies.”
From The New York Post:
The State Department has already notified Congress of its intent to sell $50 million or more in military equipment to Ukraine in what would be the first deal of its kind under the Trump administration, according to reports.
Unlike military aid packages under the Biden administration, Ukraine would pay the United States for these weapons — benefiting both Kyiv’s defense and the US defense industry without the use of American taxpayer dollars.
The sale was reported hours after the US-Ukraine mineral deal was inked Wednesday night.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke about the deal on Hannity Wednesday night.
“It’s a great deal,” Bessent told Hannity. “This is President Trump’s deal that he’s done. He’s done trade deals, tax deals, and now we have this Ukraine-American economic partnership deal, and it’s win-win. It shows that there is no daylight between Ukraine and the U.S. as President Trump presses to end this horrible war. He wants both sides to come to the table now by showing that the U.S. has an economic interest in Ukraine as a signal to the Russian leadership.”
Bessent continued: “It’s also a signal to the American people that we have a chance to participate and be compensated for some of the funding and the weapons and be partners with the success of the Ukrainian people and bring American know-how to the rebuilding of Ukraine.”
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