Initially, President Donald Trump demanded an agreement that meant the United States to return $ 350 billion from Ukraine. That’s what Trump thought Ukraine had received in the form of weapons and military support to defend himself against Russia. Ukraine thought the amount was far lower. But the most important thing was that such an agreement would have put the country in eternal debt to the United States. Revenue from future extraction of natural resources would have gone straight into the American treasury. It must have been during the meeting between Zelenskyj and Trump in Rome, in connection with the Pope’s funeral, that Trump was persuaded to give up this claim. A quarter meeting between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskyj in connection with the Pope’s funeral April 26 yielded results. Photo: Handout / AFP / NTB The agreement signed in Washington, DC on Wednesday, the United States still allows the US to make big money on Ukrainian minerals, oil and gas. And the United States has not agreed to future security guarantees, as Ukraine requested. These are the five most important points in the agreement. Investment funds of future revenues The core of the agreement is that a joint investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine will be established. 50 percent of Ukraine’s future revenues from the extraction of natural resources will go straight into the fund. It will be administered by the parties jointly. The United States will contribute direct investments or through new military assistance, according to Ukraine’s Finance Minister Julija Svyrenko. There should also be a consensus that no dividends should be paid from the fund for the first ten years. In that case, this means that the United States cannot expect to make money on the deal while Trump is president. But this is not in the current contract text. According to the BBC, Svyrenko says that the ten -year period without dividends will be incorporated into a later “technical agreement”. Julija Svydenko is both the first deputy prime minister and finance minister in the Ukrainian government. Photo from February 1, 2024. Photo: Staff / Reuters / NTB What natural resources? The agreement includes 57 different raw materials. Many of them are not recovered today, mainly due to lack of capital. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance, around 5 percent of “the world’s critical ingredients” are found in Ukraine. It includes, among other things: lithium – for use in batteries titanium – for painting, aircraft, submarines and power stations including graphite – to car batteries beryllium and uranium – to nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons More in the group “17 rare soils” – to electronics, weapons production, wind turbines, among other things, a part of the reserves. A titanium in the Zjytomyr region in Ukraine. A large part of the titanium extracted in Ukraine is used to make paint white. Photo: Roman Pilipey / AFP / NTB In addition comes oil and gas. Ukraine does not have such large well -known oil reserves left, but significant gas reserves. Important parts of the gas deposits are near Crimea and in or near areas occupied by Russia. For the US’s own consumption, minerals and metals are important. China is today dominant, both in terms of recovery and processing. US military support a separate section in the agreement between Ukraine and the United States deals with any future US military support. All forms of such support, whether it be weapons systems, ammunition technology or training, should be regarded as a contribution to the joint investment fund. That means it is ending to receive weapons from the United States without having to pay. President Trump does not see such support as a necessary contribution to transatlantic security. But it also means that Trump is in principle willing to continue to contribute to Ukraine’s defense against Russian warfare. Ukraine would very much like to have more patriot missiles from the United States. Among other things, they have been used against the hypersonic Russian Kinzjal missiles. Photo from a fitness center at Fort Sill Army Post in Oklahoma, USA 21.3.2023. Photo: SEAN MURPHY / AP / NTB Tax and Freedom of Freedom The Ukrainian government undertakes not to claim tax, customs or other fees from US activities in Ukraine. This applies to both dividends to the United States and goods and services that Americans bring in the country to business covered by the agreement. This point is remarkable in a situation where the United States uses customs as the foremost tool to protect its own industry. If cases of conflict between the agreement text and Ukrainian law were to appear, it is the agreement that wins. Does not prevent EU membership that is explicitly stated in the agreement that it does not prevent Ukraine from joining the EU. It also states that Ukraine can renegotiate the conditions, if any new obligations in relation to the EU should make it necessary. The United States also poses positive about investments and technology transfer from “other countries that support Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s full -scale invasion”. In addition, it is clearly stated that Ukraine has full control of natural resources and infrastructure. Only Ukraine can decide which areas to open for recovery. The relationship between President Volodymyr Zelenskyj and President Donald Trump reached the bottom during the White House meeting on February 28. Since then, Zelenskyj has gone a long way to improve the relationship with Trump. Photo: AFP kicks against Russia President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused Ukraine’s president of having started the war. The new agreement will strengthen the partnership as “answers to the large -scale destruction that Russia’s full -scale invasion of Ukraine has caused,” the agreement states. -Today’s agreement is a clear signal to Russia’s leadership that the Trump administration is dedicated to a peace process for a free, independent and prosperous Ukraine. It is time for this cruel and insane war to end. Finance Minister Scott Bessent said this in connection with the signing of the agreement on Wednesday. The formulations are a clear victory for Ukraine. President Zelenskyj calls the agreement “in truth,”. While Trump’s Deputy Chief Stephen Miller calls the agreement “refund”. This despite the fact that the direct repayment point is stroked. It remains to be seen how many US companies are interested in investing in Ukraine. Published 02.05.2025, at. 19.39
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