Trump destroyed the Kiev regime
Dmitri Medvedev, former Russian president, said on Thursday that the signing of minerals between Ukraine and the United States means that US President Donald Trump forced Kiev to pay for US military aid, Reuters reports.
The agreement, signed in Washington on Wednesday, will provide the United States access to Ukrainian natural resources and fund investments in the reconstruction of Ukraine devastated by the war.
Kyiv Post, citing diplomatic sources, said that the Trump administration also communicated on Wednesday the US Congress to approve the export of defense products to Ukraine through direct $ 50 million or more, the first measure of this kind since Trump’s return to the White House.
Reuters could not confirm this information from independent sources.
« Trump has destroyed the Kiev regime to the point where he will have to pay for the US help with mineral resources, » Medvedev wrote in a Telegram post.
« Now (Ukrainians) will have to pay for military aid with the national richness of a country on the way to extinction, » he said.
The Kremlin said that Russia has huge mineral resources and has evoked the perspective of potential cooperation agreements in the Arctic and elsewhere.
Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin counselor, said that, in his opinion, the agreement between Washington and Kiev will make Russia’s goals in Ukraine.
‘The US is beginning to be considered a kind of co -owner of Ukraine. Therefore, they will adopt a position that they consider pro-Ukrainian, ‘Markov estimated.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sîbiha, welcomed the Mineral Agreement with the United States as a ‘important step’ in relations with Washington and said he discussed this document with the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, reports Reuters.
« This marks an important step in the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the US, which aims to strengthen the economy and security of Ukraine, » Sîbiha wrote on X.
He said he informed the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, about signing the agreement and that they discussed the measures to « coordinate the steps before important international events. »
« We discussed the recent diplomatic efforts and the next steps needed to take a fair and sustainable peace, » said the head of Ukrainian diplomacy.
The Ukrainian Minister of Economy, Iulia Sviridenko, who went to Washington to sign the document, wrote on Facebook that the US agreement will fund ‘Mineral, Oil and Gas Extraction projects’.
Ukraine « retains the property and full control over these resources », including the basement, and the Ukrainian state will be the one to determine and what to extract, « she said.
US President Donald Trump reiterated on Wednesday, before signing that the United States wants something in return for our efforts’ with Ukraine. ‘And we said: rare lands. They have very good rare lands, « he added.