President Trump suggested that if -no Ukraine may be Russian “, in an interview a few days before Vice President J. D. Vens will be scheduled to meet with the President of Ukrainian Volodimir Zelensky at the security summit in Germany.
“They may conclude a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian if -the, or if -you can't be Russian War started Russia almost three years ago Russia. He made remarks in terms of interview with Fox News, which was broadcast on Monday.
Ukraine and many of its European partners are worried that Mr. Trump can try to improve his promises by pressing on Zelensky in the ceasefire agreement with Russia, which allows Moscow to maintain control over some of Vladimir Putin's 25% Vladimir Putin, Putin's forces, who have the strength of Vladimir Putin, have Putin's forces, who have Vladimir Putin's forces.
In exchange for a truce with Russia, Zelenskyy made it clear that he would like security guarantees in the United States – for example, support for Ukrainian NATO membership or placing peacekeeping troops – fearing that Russia could regroup and hit again.
Mr. Trump said on Monday that his special messenger for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kealo, which the president instructed to end the conflict, would be sent to Ukraine in the near future. Vnes is installed in Meet Zelenskyy At the Security Conference in Munich on Friday.
In response to Mr. Trump's comments, the Kremlin stated on Tuesday that the situation in Ukraine was “largely in line with the words of President Trump.”
“The fact that a considerable part of Ukraine wants to become Russia, and already there is a fact,” said the press -secretary Dmitry Pesko to journalists, in a clear address to Moscow One -sided Declaration in September 2022 that four occupied regions in southeastern Ukraine were annexed.
“Any phenomenon can happen with a 50 percent probability – either or no,” Pesko said, adding that there is nothing new to report discussion with the US in connection with the war of Ukraine.
Mineral wealth of Trump and Ukraine
President Trump has proposed That future US military assistance to Ukraine may depend on the Kyiv, which makes a trade agreement that gives us access to its rare land minerals. He made the idea as a profitability of investment in the US, made in support of Ukraine's defensive efforts – aid that has already made more than $ 65 billion.
“We have all this money and I say I want to return. And I told them I want an equivalent as a rare land for $ 500 billion,” Mr. Trump said on Monday. “They essentially agreed to do it, so at least we don't feel stupid.”
Rare land mineralsFrom which Ukraine has significant reserves are vital raw materials for a wide range of technology, including most modern batteries and some military technology.
Zelenskyy has shown openness to such an agreement with the United States, which he understands, could be the expense of providing permanent financial support for the United States and security guarantees. But in an interview with Reuters last week Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine does not propose to just give its “rich land” even “strategic partner”.
But the Ukrainian leader stated Submitted in Washington During the visit in September.
In his interview, Reuters Zelenskyy showed a map indicating the degree of estimated reserves of Ukraine's minerals, concentrated mainly in the eastern and central part of the country. He said that the Ukrainian land, which now occupies Russian troops, occupies less than 20% of his country's mineral resources, but added that it still costs “hundreds of billion” of dollars.
Zelensky warned Russia to maintain control of such valuable and strategic resources, saying that Putin had not just enough land and minerals in it, but then can provide totalitarian regimes in North Korea or Iran's access to vital materials.