Trump should know that Ukraine mines are in Russian -controlled areas

According to RCO News Agency, both US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Walodimir Zelksky have said they are interested in a deal in which US weapons exchanged with Ukrainian minerals.

Ukraine has mines valued at trillions of dollars, including lithium and titanium, but any transaction must overcome the fact that much of these resources are in Russian -occupied areas or are close to the front lines of war that extraction is extracted. It is impossible for them.

“I want the security of the rare elements,” Trump told reporters this week at the White House Oval Office. We invest hundreds of billions of dollars. They have excellent sources of rare elements. “And I want the security of these resources, and they are also willing to cooperate.”

In a report, Trump’s interest in this issue is due to the huge resources that China has. It is still unclear what Trump meant “rare elements and other things”.

Ukraine has a reserves of the world’s five minerals and metals, including titanium and lithium, according to Kiev Independent. Titanium is used in the aerospace and defense industries, and lithium is an essential component in the construction of micro -car batteries and batteries.

“Ukraine also has other rare elements – which does not include titanium and lithium – such as Sri, Itrium, Lantanum and Neodimium,” the magazine reported.

In recent years, the demand for these materials has increased sharply as the world moves towards renewable energies. Rare elements play a vital role in the production of strong magnets used in wind turbine generators.

According to Kiev Post, Zelksky, who raised the idea with US officials last year, said that giving US companies access to these mines would be “fair” because Washington has helped Kiev confront Russian forces.

“I want US companies … to develop this field here,” Zelksky said, according to his office. We accept the fact that all of these resources can develop with our partnerships, those who both help protect our land and push the enemy with weapons and sanctions; And this is quite fair. “

Meanwhile, Russian officials strongly opposed the idea of ​​dealing with weapons.

“If we want to tell the truth, this is to buy help; In other words, not providing unnecessary help or for other reasons, but precisely presenting it based on a business transaction. “Of course, it is better not to provide such an aid, as this can help the end of the conflict.”

The tendency to make a deal is one issue, but access to some of these mineral resources is another issue and will be challenging.

On Wednesday, the Independent newspaper reported: “More than half of Ukraine’s mineral resources, worth more than $ 1.5 trillion, are in four areas that Vladimir Putin attached to September 5, and his army has a significant portion of them. It is. “

These areas include Luhansk, Donetsk, Zapurigia and Karson, although Kerman is not of much value in mineral resources. The Crimean Peninsula, which was controlled and annexed by Russian forces in year 2, has a mineral resource worth about £ 5 billion (about $ 5 billion).

According to the Independent, the Danipropettropsk Oblast, which is bordered by mainly -controlled Donetsk and Zapurgia and is exposed to the Russian army, “has additional mineral resources worth $ 1.5 trillion.”

Not only are Ukraine’s mineral resources in Russia’s hands, but many of these resources are so close to the front lines that it is virtually impossible to extract, process and transfer. For example, the Washington Post reported that one of the great reserves of lithium “is only 2 miles away from the front line in the Donetsk area.”

Analysts have estimated that Moscow has so far managed to control Ukrainian energy, metals and minerals worth more than $ 5 trillion.

According to the report, given all of these challenges, this transaction may never be implemented. But if done, it can make a lot of profit for both countries.

Meanwhile, Russia’s efforts to advance in several cities in the Donetsk area have been temporarily stopped, while the intensity of clashes in the Lohank area has increased.

Zelksky also recently admitted that Russia would probably preserve the lands it occupied in the short term. “We cannot withdraw all of our lands,” he said in an extensive interview with Pierrez Morgan on Tuesday. We have enough people. We can’t give up millions of people for the result – it is still unclear whether this will happen. “

While Zleansky seems to have accepted that Russian forces will not be out of the 5 % of Ukrainian currently under control, he emphasized: “We will never recognize these lands as Russian soil.”

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