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Russians are now having to use electric scooters for transport on the Pokrovsk front
 
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Trump's Rewritten 'Deal' With Ukraine Is Imposed Indentured Servitude​

The Trump administration wants to press Ukraine into infinite indentured servitude for payments and weapons previously delivered by the Biden administration with no conditions attached to them.

Hedge fund mogul and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent has (re-)written the 'mineral deal':

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday Ukraine may sign an economic deal next week ...
"We have passed along a completed document for the economic partnership (that) is currently being reviewed by Ukrainians, and we hope to go to full discussions and perhaps even get signatures next week," Bessent said.
Trump said on Monday he expects a U.S.-Ukraine revenue-sharing agreement on Ukrainian critical minerals to be signed soon.
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The legal text has 60(!) pages. Its main points, according to Zheleznyak, are these (machine translation):

  • The Fund is managed by five people, three of whom are from the United States and will have full veto power;
  • We are talking about all minerals, including oil, gas and undeveloped deposits throughout Ukraine;
  • we are talking about mining by both public and private campaigns;
  • the Fund's money will be immediately converted into foreign currency and withdrawn abroad. If suddenly, for some reason, something did not reach the Ukrainian side, Ukraine pays extra;
  • US contribution - assistance already provided to us from 2022 (according to the Kiel Institute, US assistance to Ukraine in 2022-2024 is estimated at $ 119.7 billion)
  • The United States can choose to make a profit. At the same time, they will receive "royalties" from the Fund first (and then Ukraine) +4%.
  • The agreement will be valid indefinitely
  • Changes to the agreement or its completion are only possible with the permission of the United States;
  • US priority right to all new infrastructure projects and veto the sale of resources to other countries.
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This 'deal' is pure extortion and robbery. It would bind Ukraine indefinitely. It would also discourage any investment in any natural deposits in Ukraine. There is no chance that any such deal will be ratified by the Ukrainian parliament.

Why wonders then: Why does the Trump administration even bother?

Trump’s Rewritten ‘Deal’ With Ukraine Is Imposed Indentured Servitude – Moon of Alabama

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