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The United States offered Ukraine "a colonial agreement" on exchanging Ukrainian rare earth minerals for U.S. military aid, a former senior Ukrainian official told the Associated Press (AP) on Feb. 16.

The comment comes after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a draft of the agreement to President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 12. Zelensky refused to sign the document, saying it did not sufficiently protect Ukraine's interests.

"For me is very important the connection between some kind of security guarantees and some kind of investment," Zelensky said.

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"It's a colonial agreement and Zelensky cannot sign it," a former senior Ukrainian official told the AP. The former official spoke under the condition of anonymity in order to speak freely.

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[–] Dimmer@leminal.space 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately deal like this, not necessarily in this exact terms, is probably inevitable, and everyone except normal Ukraine people will have some incentive to keep the war going…

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nah, security gurantees or bust

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

The security guarantee they had with Russia for giving up their nuclear weapons didn't mean shit.

NATO membership or bust.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

"Sure, if you nuke Moscow"