There is a nuance

Trump resumed military assistance to Ukraine, but on certain conditions

US President Donald Trump told reporters that he would like to receive fossil resources from Ukraine as a fee for the help already provided and as guarantees for the new one. The newspaper Financial Times writes that the words of the US president are similar to the strategy that Vladimir Zelensky described in the "Victory Plan" last fall. A source of the newspaper from the environment of the President of Ukraine says that Zelensky strengthened relations with the Trump administration.

The United States resumed military deliveries to Ukraine. Reuters writes that after the inauguration, the Trump team suspended the help that the previous administration approved. Discussion of assistance to Ukraine is so intense, ”the agency claims,“ that I had to pause.

What rare earth resources was the US president spoke about how Trump plans to get them if most of the natural deposits are in the east of the country where military operations continue, and as the Kremlin’s president of the United States, the Kremlin reacts to the US president, we will discuss Fyodor Krasheninnikov and Vladimir Fesenko with political scientists.

US President Donald Trump said that assistance to Ukraine will continue if the country's authorities promise to supply the United States rare earth metals. “We tell Ukraine that they have very valuable rare -earth metals,” he said , speaking to journalists. “We want to conclude a deal with Ukraine, within the framework of which they will provide what we give them, with their rare -earth metals and other things.” Trump claims that Ukraine is already ready for this, and wants Kyiv to “compensate Washington” with almost $ 300 billion ”provided by support.

According to the media reports , the access countries of the West to the rare earth metals of Ukraine are one of the points of the Victory Plan of Vladimir Zelensky , which he introduced to Trump back in September 2024 at a meeting in New York. Then the President of Ukraine promised the countries that help in the war against Russia, "to ensure a profit for investments." Among the natural resources he mentioned - uranium, titanium, lithium and graphite.

As in Ukraine they relate to Donald Trump's proposals to conclude a deal with Kiev and receive rare earth metals in exchange for military assistance already provided to the country, says political scientist Vladimir Fesenko :

This is an attempt to give an economic incentive to Trump so that he has interest to protect Ukraine

-This item, which was part of the so -called "Victory Plan", was already announced last fall during the speech of President Vladimir Zelensky in the Verkhovna Rada. Then there were different opinions on this score. Someone criticized these proposals - it is impossible, they say, to trade our resources. Part of this plan was designed for Trump - taking into account the business psychology of his political decisions. This is an attempt to give an economic incentive to Trump so that he has interest to protect Ukraine. And so that he provides security guarantees not only to Ukraine, but also to American companies that would participate in the development of these natural resources. That is, it is a security guarantee for both American business and Ukraine. It was a way to interest Trump.

Another thing is how Donald Trump himself understands this deal. There are more questions here than answers. Apparently, he liked the idea. But how it will be embodied in practice is a big question. Many publications and experts note that most of the natural resources, unfortunately, are under the occupation of Russia. This is a problem. The exact data is unknown because they are actually classified. Many resources are not developed. Therefore, the assessment of these resources has yet to be carried out. But the most important thing is that we need to agree that this is not a deal "We give resources in exchange for military assistance." It is necessary that it comes to investments in the Ukrainian economy, in the extraction of these natural resources and in parallel in defense of these resources, ”says Vladimir Fesenko.

The Donald Trump administration suspended for several days, and then resumed military assistance to Ukraine, reports Reuters. The White House refused to comment on this information. It is reported that supplies suspended this because of the disagreements within the administration of Donald Trump. They stopped "in the last days", and resumed "on the weekend", that is, February 1-2, writes agency. At first, the White House wanted to stop any assistance to Ukraine, but then its position changed, the media say .

As the deal proposed by Donald Trump - military assistance in exchange for natural resources - can affect the outcome of the Russian war against Ukraine, and why the Kremlin has not yet commented on the new performances of Trump, the political scientist Fyodor Krasheninnikov reasoned:

If business analysis shows that the United States is not interesting, it turns out, it is not necessary to help Ukraine?

-Ste the whole story alarmed me very much. At the beginning of this war, the United States and other Western countries came to help Ukraine not for the sake of any benefits - they defended its right to independence and existence. Now there is a situation where the Ukrainian leadership is forced to offer the US leadership at least something to interest the United States to support Ukraine. Suppose the United States will conduct research on the state of affairs in the Ukrainian industry, with the location of these resources, will apply such a business approach, and it turns out that all this is unattainable. That mines or deposits are located in the occupied territory, partly in the border zone, some of the industrial enterprises are also destroyed. Business analysis will show that the United States is not interesting. And then? It turns out that it is not necessary to help Ukraine?

That is, relations between Ukraine and the United States are turning from a joint struggle for democratic values into commercial relations. In fact, Ukraine is offered to buy support and help for resources. It seems to me that for Ukraine this is a rather awkward position. It very much changes the moral side in this war. Why is Putin to say something in this situation - he just looks at it, and he really likes everything. Indeed, at the most critical moment of the war, instead of unconditional support of Ukraine, bargaining begins with it. And I would also be silent in the place of Putin and simply quietly rejoiced at how this was quite difficult for Ukraine a turn of the situation in a completely unprofitable side for her, ”says Fedor Krashennikov.