Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelansky welcomed a new mineral agreement with the United States, called it a “really similar” partnership that provides shared advantage to both sides.
The Russian missile strike on Wednesday gave his comments a few hours after killing two people in response to the deal signed and injuring 15 others, which aims to jointly develop Ukraine’s important mineral resources.
The agreement, which has taken months to negotiate, will see the United States and Kiev jointly developed and invest in important mineral resources of Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump initially described the arrangement as “Money Back” for Ukraine, a war -time assistance received under his predecessor Joe Biden.
Ukraine said that the new agreement is not related to any previous “loan”. And US officials insisted that the agreement indicated US support for Ukraine.
“This agreement clearly indicates Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process, which focuses on an independent, sovereign and rich Ukraine for a long time,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Besent said in Washington.
During the conversation, the agreement “quite changed”, Zelansky said in his daily address.
“Now it is actually a similar compromise that creates an opportunity for a fairly important investment in Ukraine.”
He said, “There is no loan in the deal, and a fund – a recovery fund will be made that will invest in Ukraine and earn money here,” he said.
Kiev and Washington planned to sign the agreement in February, but a white house collision between Trump and Zelanski derailed the talks.
Ukraine hopes that the deal will now pave the way for the United States to guarantee security as it attempts to protect against future Russian attacks after Moscow’s three -year invasion.
The agreement still needs to be confirmed by Ukraine’s Parliament.
‘Stay calm and talk’
Under the deal, Ukraine and the United States will set up a joint reconstruction investment fund.
Profit from the agreement will be invested especially in Ukraine for the first 10 years, after which the advantage can be “distributed among the partners,” Kiev said.
The new agreement does not make any specific American security commitment, but Washington argues that promoting its business interests in Ukraine will help prevent Russia.
Moscow has uncontrolled his attacks on Ukraine, despite the brake’s efforts to Trump’s ceasefire.
Officials said a Russian drone strike on Ukrainian port city Odessa killed two people and injured more than a dozen others.
After the attack, Telegram said after the attack, “We need more pressure on Russia to force them to remain calm and interact. The more effective restrictions are there, the more effective the restrictions are, Russia will have to end the war.”
French External Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told AFP on Thursday, after Washington interacting with US State Secretary Marco Rubio, that the European Union is preparing for the 17th round of sanctions against Russia, describing President Vladimir Putin as a “sole obstacle” for peace in Ukraine.
A bilateral group of American senators led by Republican Lindsay Graham and Democrat Richard Bluental was also a proposed law last month that would ban Moscow -friendly countries on disrupting efforts to end the war.
Russia rejected the 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States and Ukraine in March, demanding a halt in Western military aid for Kiev.
The United States warned that this week would be “important” in determining whether it would move away from efforts to end the three -year war.
Putin has surprised the three-day Trus from 8–10 May, which matches the Moscow’s mass ceremony for the 80th World War II Victory Day celebrations.
