A Ukrainian official announced on Thursday that the US and Ukraine had signed a “memorandum of intent” to move forward with an economic deal that would give the US a piece of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals and other natural resources.
“We are happy to announce the signing, with our American partners, of a Memorandum of Intent, which paves the way for an Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine,” Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister and economy minister, wrote on X.
The exact details of the deal are unclear, but it’s expected to give US companies access to Ukraine’s natural resources and involve them in the country’s reconstruction.

“We hope that the Fund will become an effective tool for attracting investments in the reconstruction of our country, modernization of infrastructure, support for business, and the creation of new economic opportunities,” Svyrydenko said.
President Trump said on Thursday that the US and Ukraine are expected to sign the final deal next week. He has previously suggested that the agreement would ensure the US continues providing military aid to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was initially set to sign a minerals deal when he visited the US on February 28, but the deal fell apart when he got into an argument with Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office. Following the blow up, the US briefly paused military aid and intelligence sharing, but it was quickly resumed.
U.S. provided Ukraine with a neo-Nazi regime which dragged Ukraine into a bloody war. Ukraine paid for this pleasure with rare earth minerals worth of trillions. Good deal.
They found a dead horses head in Zelensky's bed a few nights ago…It was part of an offer he couldn't refuse…
More lies from the Antichrist Zelensky: Ukraine may not have rare earth minerals at all USABLE by America.
What about rare earths? Does Ukraine have them?
The evidence for Ukraine having rare earths at all is derived from reports that are at least 50 years old that were conducted by Russia. There really is no significant evidence that Ukraine has them. If they do, and they say that they’re going to now develop this resource, it would require creating a mine, and the mine could take 15-20 years to build. But I do not think rare earth resources will be developed from Ukraine in the short- to mid-term timeframe.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/02/27/us-ukraine-critical-minerals-deal/
The usa is a bit more 'sophisticated' from its time in Iran back in 58…
This deal would be far short of what US lost on the rare earth elements due to China export restriction…! So it's basically a waste of human time and energy…!
No matter whether it is "stopping aggression", "defending democracy", Lindsey Graham's trillion dollar minerals, etc.
they are all just fake excuses concocted for another unnecessary war in the quest for US hegemony.
It's Trump's predictable real deal.
We can see where this is headed (not "peace").
Couple it with Rubio's recent statement that the US is now getting ready to quit negotiations.
In the article, per Trump, the minerals agreement (extortion) would "ensure the US continues providing military aid to Ukraine".
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/04/16/trump-axes-stricken-world-order-but-theres-opportunity-amidst-turmoil/
Ukraine signing a deal for the US to take over. Why not? Canada, Greenland, Panama Canal, Mexico is not enough – add Ukraine to the empire.
Not everyone had bowed to Trump yet…!
They found a horses head in Zelensky's bed a few nights ago…It was part of an offer he couldn't refuse…
Zelensky is the Antichrist and NOT to be trusted on any deal. His Memorandum of Intent is not worth the paper it is printed on.
In Zelensky's cocaine haze he might flip and flop just to steal $Billions more in American cash by promising minerals that he no longer has access to. If Ukraine really has any rare earth minerals of use to America.
Since 2008 America has spent over $500 Billion on this quagmire. Enough is enough: End Biden's war by cutting all aid to Ukraine ASAP!
Zelensky can't be the antiChrist, he is suppose to be powerful, intelligent and persuasive. Not a weak, woke, beggar.
Zelensky is the Antichrist
https://www.rt.com/russia/615982-kiev-opens-lgbt-film-festival/
Memorandum of Intent sounds like a one-way theft…! It's funny… but these are usually called the Memorandum of Understanding, and in this case more than One is needed…!
I'm certain that U.S. companies are going to rush into a war zone.
"A Ukrainian official announced…that the US and Ukraine had signed a 'memorandum of intent' to move forward with an economic deal….'which paves the way for'"? "[E]xact details of the deal are unclear"?
Dear Dave DeCamp,
1/ The day after your article, Reuters published the memorandum text (4/18/25) – in which "details" remain "unclear."
Essentially, the text says, 'Because the US supported Ukraine, we're gonna 'work together,' w/Ukraine giving us ownership or control over and/or profits from mining, some part of which will also be used to rebuild Ukraine'…
2/ …whereas this is one of those cases where the devil is all in missing details. e.g., you mention Trump "previously suggest[ing] the agreement would ensure the US continues providing Ukraine military aid." That's not in the text…and I'd argue the "suggestions" were so vague as to be meaningless.
3/ Govt-aligned Ukraine news is spinning it as a win for a Ukraine-US relationship – but no core issues re war settlement – to make US investment possible – are touched. eg, in one Ukraine news piece re the deal, Zelensky calls keeping Ukraine's constitution a "red line." Which I take to allude to continued 'intent to join NATO' enshrined in its constitution…
…but realistically, will Russia end war w/o Ukraine or NATO nixing the core, instigating issue of NATO in Ukraine/Ukraine in NATO?