The Trump administration has given Ukraine an "improved" draft for a minerals agreement between the countries, after President Volodmyr Zelensky infuriated President Trump by rejecting his initial offer, a Ukrainian official, a U.S. official and three sources with knowledge tell Axios.
Sources on both sides now say a deal is now looking more likely.
A source with knowledge said several of Zelensky's aides have encouraged him to sign the updated proposal to avoid a further clash with Trump and allow the U.S. president to justify further U.S. support for Ukraine.
A Ukrainian official, a U.S. official and two sources with knowledge told Axios that in recent days negotiations continued, with the U.S. presenting Ukraine with an updated version that addressed some of Zelensky's concerns.
Another source said some articles that had concerned the Ukrainians — including that the deal was under the jurisdiction of the New York court — were removed.
Waltz claimed Kellogg had helped Zelensky realize the war needed to end.
Posted by John3262005
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Might as well sign a deal with the Bratva. At least they won’t renege
Rage is a funny word to describe crying like a baby
This whole thing is so bizarre
So fucking embarrassing. I can’t believe this is our country.
Ukraine should agree to whatever deal is offered and then nationalize the companies in 5 years. The US isn’t negotiating in good faith, Ukraine shouldn’t either.
As long as it just minerals and not like ports, gas, etc. Ukraine should absolutely sign. The whole right-wing obsession with minerals is a farce and I guarantee close to nothing will ever be mined. “Rare earth minerals” are rather cheap