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U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators are closing in on a massive deal that would give the U.S. rights to about half of Kyiv’s strategic minerals, including Europe’s largest reserves of titanium, which is used to make alloys for aircraft and naval vessels, and lithium, a key material in batteries.
When first presented with the deal earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy turned it down flat. Zelenskyy wanted some kind of “security guarantee” that the U.S. would supply a continued flow of arms to Kyiv after any peace deal with Moscow.
Then came a deal that Zelenskyy couldn’t refuse: sign the agreement on minerals or lose access to Starlink, the Elon Musk-Space X satellite system critical to Ukraine’s defense.
On Saturday, Zelenskyy was singing a different tune. “This is an agreement that can strengthen our relations, and the key is to work out the details to ensure its effectiveness,” Zelenskyy said. “I look forward to the outcome—a just result.”
“I think they want it. They feel good about it,” Trump said of the deal.
The deal, which will include rare earth minerals to which the U.S. has limited access but of which Russia and China have large deposits,…
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