Putin offers to sell minerals to Trump, including from Russian-occupied Ukraine - note the date of the article ...

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https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-offer-sell-minerals-donald-trump-russia-occupied-ukraine/

FEBRUARY 25, 2025 9:18 AM CET

"The proposal comes as Kyiv and Washington negotiate a deal on critical minerals in Ukraine.

With Volodymyr Zelenskyy balking at Donald Trump’s bid for Ukraine’s critical rare earth minerals, the Kremlin is attempting to persuade the United States president that Russia can offer a better deal.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin told state media Monday evening, “We are ready to work with our partners, including the Americans” to access mineral reserves — including in Russian-occupied Ukraine. He also suggested Russia could resume selling aluminum to the U.S., saying Moscow was ready to supply “about 2 million tons to the American market.”

.... “Regarding new territories,” Putin said, referring to parts of Ukraine that Russia has seized, “We are ready to attract foreign partners — and in our so-called new historical territories, which have returned to the Russian Federation, there are also certain reserves there. We are ready to work with our foreign partners, including the Americans, there.”

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1. Yeah, that Putin fellow is trustworthy.

But now we see what the fat fuck was trying to negotiate, uhh bully Z into.

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2. Conflict minerals

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3. CNN reporting Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine ....

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4. huh...so this article came out on Tuesday the 25th

after Putin spoke on Monday. Then Zelenskyy gets here on Friday for the Krasnov show. Maybe Putin went on tv to signal Trump to put on his dancing shoes for the cameras.

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5. Your analysis sounds right to me, to further complicate matters, from an embedded link. Same date 2/25 ....

but dear leader is siding with Putin.

EU offers its own ‘win-win’ minerals deal to Ukraine

https://www.politico.eu/article/critical-minerals-rare-earths-deal-eu-not-donald-trump/

"The European Union offered its own agreement on "critical materials" to Ukraine on Monday, just as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Washington was close to inking a deal with Kyiv for the rights to its vast natural resources.

Europe's Commissioner for Industrial Strategy Stéphane Séjourné said he'd pitched the rival proposal to Ukrainian officials he met in Kyiv during a visit by the European Commission to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

.... Ukraine holds huge deposits of critical elements and minerals, from lithium to titanium, which are vital to manufacturing modern technologies and highly coveted in the global race for resources.

It also has vast coal reserves, as well as oil, gas and uranium, but much of this is in territories under Russian control."