I’m in Ukraine – this is how locals really feel about the ‘£500bn’ Trump minerals deal

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2049476/im-ukraine-this-how?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaigan=reddit

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  1. Ukrainians in Kyiv are split between feeling quietly optimistic and wearily cynical about their country sealing an agreement that grants the US opportunities to capatilise on the nation’s vast mineral resources. After months of tense negotiations and fears that Donald Trump was set to abandon the war-torn country, officials have signed a deal designed to give Washington an economic incentive to continue investing in Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction.

    “I think Ukraine has won a little bit,” said Oleksandr Makarov, 60. “It shows Russia that Ukraine is getting closer to America for the first time since Trump came to power.” Sat on a bench in the centre of Kyiv in the spring sunshine, the commercial director was cautiously hopeful about the deal’s impact on the bigger picture.

    “It could bring closer the end of the war,” he added.

    Theatre stenographer Anna Duhovychna, 47, agreed that the strategic importance of maintaining US support overrode any sense that this was a bad time for Ukraine to make such a deal for its natural resources.

    “I’m not an economist, but in terms of the relationship between the two countries, I think these things are acceptable,” she told the Express.

    “I think Ukraine should keep friendly ties with the United States because it’s the largest economy in the world. Without their help, it’s going to be catastrophically hard.”

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