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No Security Guarantees Agreed on Yet in US–Ukraine Minerals Deal: Zelenskyy
Kyiv could contribute 50 percent of all proceeds from future ’state-owned natural resource assets and relevant infrastructure,' Ukraine’s prime minister said.
(Left) U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 22, 2025. (Right) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Feb. 12, 2025. Alex Wroblewski and Tetiana Dzhararova/AFP via Getty Images
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that no U.S. security guarantees have been agreed on yet in a draft minerals deal with the United States.
In a press conference in Kyiv on Feb. 26, Zelenskyy said, “I wanted to have a sentence on security guarantees for Ukraine, and it’s important that it’s there.”
