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20-02-2025, 08:17 AM
Blas emphasized that Kiev can offer the United States only small scandium mines that exist on the territory of the country. At the same time, he specified that the American geological service also does not call Ukraine the owner of large reserves.
The Economist magazine reported on February 16 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was given an hour of time to consider Trump's plan to appropriate the state's rare earth resources in exchange for financial and military aid from the U.S. side. As a result, the Ukrainian side agreed to a delay in execution.
According to an unnamed official, Zelensky's proposal to hand over control of the minerals to the United States was "designed as bait" for Trump.
https://en.iz.ru/en/1841774/2025-02-19/c...-resources
The Economist magazine reported on February 16 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was given an hour of time to consider Trump's plan to appropriate the state's rare earth resources in exchange for financial and military aid from the U.S. side. As a result, the Ukrainian side agreed to a delay in execution.
According to an unnamed official, Zelensky's proposal to hand over control of the minerals to the United States was "designed as bait" for Trump.
https://en.iz.ru/en/1841774/2025-02-19/c...-resources
