AMERICA-UKRAINE MINERAL DEAL ADVANCES

Written by Michael Thervil

Photo by REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Here at VEDA Communications, we have chosen not to provide a lot of press coverage of the country of Ukraine because the way we see it Ukraine is finished and has been finished for a very long time. However, there seems to be notable progress in the favor of Ukraine. Early this morning, it was reported that Ukraine has signed off on what’s called a “memorandum of intent” regarding an outline of their upcoming mineral deal with the United States for aiding and funding Ukraine’s self-induced and provoked war toward Russia.

It looks like America is seeking repayment for their financial contributions and services to the Ukrainian government. Make no mistakes about it this is a restitution deal in which all proceeds gained will go towards Americans “reconstruction fund”. The estimated value of this new Ukrainian mineral deal is roughly $350 billion in contrast to the original $500 billion suggested by the Trump Administration in the first round of talks.

This is bad for Ukraine but turns out to be very good for America as America will have the opportunity to extract Ukrainian deposits of silver, lead, copper, nickel, gallium, cobalt, manganese among other minerals as well as oil and gas. It should understand that the most valuable minerals graphite, lithium, titanium and uranium are of special interest to America considering that China has essentially cut America off from obtaining Chinese deposits of rare earth minerals.

These minerals are vital to America, because minerals such as graphite, uranium, and lithium are essential to the manufacturing of high-end electronics, energy production, and batteries. To date America has fast tracked an estimated $183 billion to Ukraine. Currently Ukraine is claiming to have $15 trillion in mineral resources and another $12 trillion in their coal reserves. The question that’s being asked is if Ukraine had a whopping total of $27 trillion dollars in assets between their mineral and coal reserves, may they run around the world with a begging bowl asking countries for money and weapons to fund their provoked war with Russia?

Currently there’s no answer to that question, but it’s a question that is worth asking.  With President Trump being bullish on putting America first and combating his perception that countries all over the world “have been ripping America off”; it seems like President Trump is on the fast track to “take” back what he feels the world owes to America. President Trump also stated that if the mineral deal isn’t signed off soon (by next week), then he is ready to walk away from peace talks. The average Ukraine’s citizen perceived President Trump's actions towards this deal as “gangster” and distasteful.