Ukraine and US agree on terms for critical minerals deal

We’ve pretty much negotiated our deal on earth and various other things,

Trump added

I hear that he’s coming on Friday,

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office

$350bn, military equipment and the right to fight on.”

Asked what Ukraine would receive in the deal, Trump said

You are not alone. Norway and other countries, all the countries who are here, but also other countries, will continue to support you as you fight for your territorial integrity, your sovereignty and your human dignity,

Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik told a packed room of ministers and diplomats

The road ahead is very challenging but when we are united we can prevail,

she said

James Cowan (New Zealand writer)new Zealand writer and historian

Any proposals to tap Ukraine’s mineral wealth will need to incorporate a plan for the clearance of the landmines if it is to be remotely viable,

Cowan, a retired British major general, said at the time

Trump is transactional, so Putin — understanding that — has come up with this counter move,

one former U.S. diplomat with experience in the region said, noting the Russian

We’re trying to do some economic development deals. They have a lot of things that we want,

Trump told reporters, referring to Russia

If we could do that, I think it would be a very good thing for world peace and lasting peace,

Trump added

Vladimir Putinrussian President

Russia is one of the undisputed leaders in terms of reserves of these rare and rare-earth metals,

Putin said during an interview on Russian state television

A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,

Trump’s post reads

It'll be a deal with rare earths and various other things. And, he would like to come, as I understand it, here to sign it. And that would be great with me,

Trump said

The first part of this is a partnership between Ukraine and the U.S. that involves strategic minerals, energy and state-owned enterprises, where we set up a partnership, and we are only looking forward,

Bessent said

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

I will not sign what 10 generations of Ukrainians will have to pay back,

Zelenskyy said at a press conference Sunday

I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died – And so it continues...

he posted, going onto make a series of claims that have since been proven completely untrue

Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn't be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the US and 'TRUMP,' will never be able to settle,

Trump wrote

Government officials are currently working on the details. We are considering a visit to Washington on Friday (28 February) for the signing,

the source said

Olha Stefanishynadeputy prime minister

The minerals agreement is only part of the picture. We have heard multiple times from the US administration that it’s part of a bigger picture,

Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna told the FT on Tuesday

This will be a chance for the president to discuss what the bigger picture is. And then after it, we will be able to think of the next steps,

a Ukrainian official told the Financial Times

I wasn’t offended, but a dictator would be. I’m not. I’m the legally elected president,

he said