Trump has negotiated nothing in return for the rare minerals! Russia says they will only accept a deal where they keep the occupied territories, Ukraine doesn’t join Nato, and no peace keepers on the ground! The same deal offered before Trump! Ukraine needs to reject that minerals deal!

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-rules-out-any-options-european-peacekeepers-ukraine-2025-02-26/

by TreKeyz

24 comments

  1. Ukraine should do a deal for occupied territory only. Why should russia be allowed a deal about occupied territory?
    Its like i steal something from the store and then sell it officially on eBay.

  3. Minerals deal has nothing to do with peace, it’s only about bringing Trump on Ukraine’s side. Now, it will be “press Russians, or we will nullify the minerals deal”.

  5. Resource deal (it involves more than just minerals) has nothing to do with Russia. Mineral deal enables Trump to act as if he made a great deal in return for continuous support of Ukraine. Russia will negotiate with the US in order to try to influence Trump. But Ukraine won’t sign a cease fire if not in favour of Ukraine. Europe will continue to support Ukraine. As long as Ukraine continues to attack Russian forces, nothing will chance until Russia collapses. Russian collapse might be closer than one thinks given the need Russia feels for a cease fire. Even if Trump would stop sending arms to Ukraine, NATO and Europe would buy US weapons for Ukraine. This is one of the things Trump wants of course. So while it is a very shitty situation with Trump as US president, the situation is far from the cease fire Russia needs so badly.

  6. The US went in under the guise of negotiating peace deals.

    All they are doing is business deals. Although I am loathe to even call what they are doing business deals. More like bribery and coercion deals.

  8. Could Putin make it any more clear that he 100% intends to simply attack again in a few years?

  9. The mineral deal is just a big PR stunt in nothing more, mostly by the Ukrainians to bring Trump on their side. As far as I understand it is even not a proper treaty, but more like a memorandum of understanding (it’s a political agreement that is not legally binding).

  10. It seems Zelensky’s isn’t signing a deal for anything more than exploring the ins and outs…..these kind of deals take months of negotiations. They aren’t worked out on the back of a cigarette packet.
    In fact there’s a very good chance it might not be completed until at least the 21st January 2029.
    Hopefully that’s the date this ridiculous Presidential Immunity is rescinded.
    This was supposedly for official acts but trump has used it to avoid prosecution for acts that could never be described as official

  11. So much for Trump as deal maker. Russia needs to go home. Trump can’t make a deal but maybe he can help kick Russia back to where it belongs.

  12. The only peace we will accept is the one that allows us to easily invade again.

  13. Lol its so transparent as to what the plan is it’s ridiculous

  15. It’s a deal to make a deal, at least we hope it is.

  16. That article is two days old.

    A lot has changed in 2 days.

  17. It should certainly be rejected!! I think the EU is stepping up, which is helpful. Why in the world would you try to negotiate a losing deal for the defender when the aggressor is losing manpower and equipment at such an alarming rate? Russia is almost out of money and can’t make any progress. As far as I’m concerned, this is like Germany and Russia agreeing to split Poland in WW2. The ONLY explanation is that Trump is a Russian asset. Stay strong friends. Слава Україні!

  18. It’s not even a deal. It’s a concept of a plan of a deal that’s a surrender.

  19. The minerals deal isn’t worth anything to the US unless Ukraine survives, and it’s more valuable if they re-take territory held by Russians. The incentives are there.

  20. Trump will abuse the mineral (reconstruction) deal, Ukraine will regret this deal, but as US did, with the Budapest memorandum, they can just ignore it.
    So, press Russia, to PAY for Ukraine reconstruction!

  21. That «deal» putin will accept is called a surrender. Perhaps he’ll be more willing to negotiate with his forces crippled

  23. Trump is blatantly on Russia’s side and his voters are lapping it up. Apparently Make America Great Again means turning it into 3rd world Russia.

  24. 1) At the end of the day, there will be no “peacekeepers.” There will be security assurance forces that will be located miles behind the front line and act as a tripwire force. For example, French, British, Baltic countries, Nordic countries, Ireland, etc. may place a small contingent in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkhiv, Zaparazhia, Kramatrosk, etc.

    2) The minerals deal is one of the biggest non-factors I heard in a while. Aside from the fact that Ukraine’s “rare earth minerals” are almost impossible to extract (see Afghanistan’s $ trillions in rare earth minerals), the memo that Trump and Zelensky will be signing is nonbinding. Not to mention, the wording suggests that Ukraine will be contributing 50% of these rare earth minerals to a reconstruction fund that is jointly co-owned by US that will then reinvest the funds into Ukraine.

    3) There is no doubt that the ceasefire will be along the contact line, although there are two factors that remain to be seen:

    -Can Ukraine trade in Kursk for anything

    -How much sanctions relief Russia will get

    I suspect Ukraine will be able to trade in some territories in Kharkhiv and US will drop most sanctions, although the EU will likely maintain most sanctions.

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