Zelensky won't sign natural resource deal that 'will be paid by 10 generations of Ukrainians'

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Zelenskyy is not giving into trump's blackmail demands.

⚡️Zelensky won't sign natural resource deal that 'will be paid by 10 generations of Ukrainians.'

Zelensky said that he will not recognize the 0 billion request since it vastly outweighs the 0 billion the U.S. has sent in aid to Ukraine.

— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) 2025-02-23T16:47:42.485Z

⚡️Zelensky won't sign natural resource deal that 'will be paid by 10 generations of Ukrainians.'

Zelensky said that he will not recognize the $500 billion request since it vastly outweighs the $100 billion the U.S. has sent in aid to Ukraine.

Link to tweet

https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-wont-sign-a-natural-resource-deal-that-will-be-paid-by-10-generations-of-ukrainians/

President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back at the U.S.’ demand for a $500 billion fund to be financed with Ukrainian natural resource revenue, saying that the U.S.’s aid grants are not debts, during the Ukraine: Year 2025 forum in Kyiv on Feb. 23.

Negotiations on a deal to entrench U.S. interests in Ukraine's reserves are ongoing, with the latest draft presented by the White House demanding $500 billion of Ukraine’s natural resources, including critical minerals, to recuperate American aid to Ukraine.

Zelensky said that he will not recognize such a large sum since it vastly outweighs the $100 billion the U.S. has sent to Ukraine under former President Joe Biden.

The president added that the aid given to Ukraine cannot be counted as debts since they are grants and stressed that security guarantees need to be included in the deal. So far no such guarantees have been put in place, he said.

“I am not signing something that will be paid by 10 generations of Ukrainians," Zelensky said, adding that he wants a dialogue with Trump.

I expect that trump will be exploding any time now

[SheltieLover]

1. Tremendous respect for President Zelenskyy!

(Unlike the fucking slob!)

[radius777]

37. Zelenskyy is a true patriot

who easily run away from all of this, yet has chosen to stay and fight, refusing to see his people (and their identity and culture) be erased.

"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise."
-Maya Angelou

[SheltieLover]

38. Absolutely! Remember wgen the US offered to extract him?

His answer: I don't need a ride! I need weapons & ammo.

I adore him & the Ukranian people!

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. That is a strong leader.

drumpf should take lessons from Zelenskyy, in compassion, among other things.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. If the world of Trumps and Musks and Putins, be a Zelenskyy!

Link to tweet

[ananda]

16. And a Bernie Sanders, AOC, Jasmine Crockett.

Like that.

[lame54]

3. Trump deals are not to be trusted...

He gets what he wants then stiffs the other side

[johnnyfins]

15. TSF wants that money to go directly

To his "Sovereign Wealth Fund". If he has any success in getting money into that fund, he wont even be accountable to congress. Fuck King Circus Peanut.

[BonnieJW]

17. I wonder if a fund can be set up

for Americans to send money directly to Ukraine. I think he could get enough money to win this war. Would that be legal? Like a Go fund me for Ukraine? If every non maga sent $10 each month, I think it could be significant. Rich people would send more.

[DENVERPOPS]

22. Even if there was,

I wouldn't put it past these "New Republicans", some time in the future, to track the donations, locate the people, and charge them with Sedition..LOL and ship them all out to some hellhole nation.....or with Musk confiscating all IRS records, isolate them for heavy handed IRS audits.........

[yellow dahlia]

34. I like this idea.

I wondered how much it would cost to find them another Comms system. Apparently the grifter(s) have threatened to take Starlink away, as part of their extortion.

[rollin74]

4. Good!

Glad to see Zelensky refuse Krasnov’s extortion attempt

[BeyondGeography]

5. That "deal" is an obscenity

The most nauseating thing this country has done since we invaded Iraq, for me at least.

[LastDemocratInSC]

32. It's a mob boss shakedown.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Nor, should he.

Not that I ever believed he would...

[OrlandoDem2]

7. He's what a real leader looks like!

[GoodRaisin]

8. Glad he's not caving to Krasnov's extortion "deal".

I wish he could just tell Krasnov to shove his “deal” up his big orange ass. I’m sure he’d like to.

[spanone]

9. K&R

[Prairie Gates]

10. It's imperialism pure and simple

Good on Zelensky.

[WarGamer]

26. Must be a difficult time for the neocons...

Support for American Imperialism or a proxy war vs Russia...

They probably want both!

[BannonsLiver]

30. And also a tough time for the capitulationists

[WarGamer]

33. sigh...

[BannonsLiver]

36. That's what I do every time I read one of the many back door pro Pooty Poot and Musk posts.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Ukraine is rejecting trump's ransom demand for $500 billion fund

Link to tweet

Ukraine has refused to create a $500 billion fund to compensate the United States for military aid, Bloomberg reported.

Washington had demanded that the condition be made part of a deal on access to Ukrainian oil resources. Kyiv refused, arguing that the real amount of aid from the United States is about $90 billion, not $500 billion.

[FoggyLake]

13. I wish I was reading that the return of the thousands of stolen children...

was part of the negotiations.

[calimary]

14. I LOVE this man!

Zelensky! I sure hope the Ukrainians appreciate him, BIGTIME.

[yorkster]

18. So Trump demands the minerals and the money.

Nuts says Zelenskyy.

[DENVERPOPS]

24. Even if Trump gets anything

you can be sure it won't go to the U.S. Treasury, but into Trump's grifting account and divided with Putin....

[yorkster]

35. Yup that's a given no doubt.

[sprinkleeninow]

19. Namaste! Respect!

Slava Ukraini!
Slava Na Viki!
Na Mnohaja i Blahaja Lita!

[Aussie105]

20. Art of the Deal?

Trump is an expert, so he says, but why are so many of his deals so ridiculous and get rejected out of hand?

I get it, Trump wants to get rich. Not the country, but Trump himself.
Got his eyes on the gold in Ft Knox! (Hope they have good security cameras!)
Doesn't matter if the country goes down the gurgler, with everyone living in poverty. Trump just does_not_care!

Anyhow once Trump has megabillions, what will he do with the money? Solid gold coffin?

[Bengus81]

31. What are a bunch of workers going to do,go over and shine up those bars before that POS arrives?

I guess that stupid shit thinks those bars are in bubble wrap or something and look like scrubbed shining gold. No...their actually filthy dirty from decades of dust and dirt landing on them.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. GOP rep calls US-Ukraine resource deal 'victim extortion'

trump's demand is pure extortion and the only reason that trump is making this demand is to please Putin

GOP rep calls US-Ukraine resource deal 'victim extortion': Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said on Sunday that forcing Ukraine to agree to a resource deal with the U.S., in exchange for the possibility of support against Russia, is akin to “victim extortion.” The moderate Republican said Russian…

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-02-23T15:40:08Z

GOP rep calls US-Ukraine resource deal 'victim extortion': Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said on Sunday that forcing Ukraine to agree to a resource deal with the U.S., in exchange for the possibility of support against Russia, is akin to “victim extortion.” The moderate Republican said Russian…

Link to tweet

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5159806-us-ukraine-deal-victim-extortion/

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Sunday that forcing Ukraine to agree to a resource deal with the U.S. in exchange for the possibility of support against Russia is akin to “victim extortion.”

The moderate Republican said Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, should be the one forced to pay.

“Putin, and Putin alone, should bear the economic costs of Putin’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,” Fitzpatrick said in a post on the social platform X.

“To force Ukraine to pay these costs is the epitome of victim-blaming and victim extortion.”

U.S. officials have been pushing a proposal wherein the U.S. would get half of any revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources, as well as earnings from ports and other infrastructure, according to The New York Times. According to a draft of the deal, the U.S. would collect until a special fund reaches $500 billion.

In exchange, the U.S. would provide long-term support for Ukraine’s reconstruction. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pushing for security guarantees as well and has resisted the terms being pushed by President Trump.

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Hey Fitz

you and your CABAL of Republican Politicians brought this whole shit storm down on all of us.........so fuck off......

[PortTack]

23. Hold tight President Zelensky...you're the one holding all the cards...not them!

[Jean Genie]

27. A hero for our times

I SUPPORT ZELENSKY! A true leader, a true patriot, and a decent human being. Wish we had one of those leading America. Don't you?

[mwmisses4289]

28. Good on him.

[mahina]

29. Respect!

And shame shame shame on our "president" and on us for not figuring out how to be better.