After days of dispute between the United States and Ukraine, there is movement in the question of a raw material agreement. “Ukraine is ready for a strong, effective investment and security agreement with the President of the United States,” wrote the Ukrainian head of state Wolodymyr Selenskyj on the X.
Previously, he had met the special envoy of US President Donald Trump for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, in Kiev. The meeting was productive, the discussion with Kellogg was good, said Selenskyj. However, Kellogg did not go to the press with Selenskyj as planned. A press conference was canceled at the request of the US side, as Ukrainian media reported.
Trump ties US aid for the Ukraine attacked by Russia, access to their stocks of rare earths. The occurrences are considered economically lucrative and strategically significant. Selenskyj had rejected a first draft contract from Washington. According to reports, the United States demanded 50 percent of the income from these raw materials and wanted to have the military aid previously paid afterwards.
According to Kiev, security guarantees against continued Russian aggression were not provided for in the document. “We have to and can achieve a strong and permanent peace, so that Russia can never return with war,” said Selenskyj.
Changed draft contract from Washington
In the meantime, the Trump administration has sent a new draft contract to Kiev, the news portal “Axios” reported in the USA. In it, some points were changed that were unacceptable for Ukraine, it was said in the reference to the negotiating process.
Selenskyj should return to the negotiating table, said Trump’s security advisor Mike Waltz. “These are negotiations. And you negotiate in negotiations.” There could be no better guarantee for Ukraine than US investments in its long-term prosperity.
Waltz has attributed Trump’s insults to trouble about Selenskyj’s hesitation in the past few days. “The president has obviously made his frustration very public because we gave the Ukrainians an incredible and historical chance that the United States will invest in Ukraine,” Walz told the Trump-near US broadcaster Fox News. The US President had called Selenskyj a dictator who does not allow elections. He had also said that Ukraine was to blame for the persistence of the war.
Special envoy on exploration mission
Kellogg, as a Messenger Trumps, probes the situation in the Eastern European country with the political and military leadership of several days. Ukraine has been defending itself against the Russian invasion for almost three years. So far, the United States has been the most important supporter in the country, but Trump turns drastically from this course. He wants to end the war – however, it is increasingly feared that he could make decisions about the head of Ukraine with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.
Two dollars investment in drones fixes ten dollars damage
In his evening video message, Selenskyj opened the following bill on the Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian military and industrial plants: “We already receive almost ten dollars of Russian losses for every two dollars that we invest in our long-distance capacity”.
On Thursday evening, the Ukrainian armed forces continued the drone attacks deep in the Russian area. According to the authorities, a substation in the southern Russian area of Krasnodar was damaged twice by falling drone debris. However, Ukraine also suffered from a Russian attack on Friday night on Friday.
Macron and Strander trips to Trump
France’s President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Washington on Monday to advise Trump about the peace efforts for Ukraine. This was announced by the Élysée Palace in Paris. He wants to convince Trump that “it is in his interest to work with the Europeans at the moment,” said Macron. Trump should not have Ukraine conquered by Russia, because otherwise the European and American war equipment Moscow will also fall in hand.
In view of Trump’s alone in a possible peace solution for Ukraine, Macron had called for European heads of state and government for crisis advice to Paris on Monday. The meeting dealt, among other things, about the question of European troops to secure a possible ceasefire. The British Prime Minister Keir Strandmer also wants to travel to Washington and meet Trump for Washington next week. According to media reports, the stranger could be about presenting the concept for a peace force.
British Foreign Minister: Lavrov spreads “tired fairy tales”
British Foreign Minister David Lammy doubts that Russia wants to seriously negotiate about a peace solution in Ukraine. After a speech by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Johannesburg, according to the British news agency PA, Lammy said: “I see no appetite to really reach this peace.” One did not come close to a negotiating solution.
Lammy accused Lawrow in his speech published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of spreading “tired fairy tales” and “The logic of imperialism, disguised as a real policy”. “If it (Kremlin boss Vladimir) Putin is serious with a permanent peace, then he has to find a way that respects the sovereignty of Ukraine and the UN Charter, which offers credible security guarantees and which rejects tsarist imperialism, and Great Britain is ready, listen. ”
UN-Resolution: Do the USA seal departure from Ukraine?
Before a major Ukraine vote at the United Nations in New York, there is ambiguity about the future diplomatic line of the United States under Trump. In the UN General Assembly, the anniversary of the invasion of Russia to Ukraine is to be voted on on Monday for a draft resolution to support Kiev. Western diplomats and diplomats fear that the United States could also cement its rhetorical departure from Ukraine with a vote in front of the global community.
When asked whether the United States would support the draft decision with the request for the complete withdrawal of the Russian troops from Ukraine, the reigning American ambassador John Kelley said: “We have to wait and see what instructions we get from Washington, so hopefully they will come soon . ” If the United States does not agree to the draft resolution drawn up by Ukraine, this would be a further step of Washington’s departure from Kiev.
