Trump has made increasingly aggressive overtures toward Ukraine for the rights to its mineral riches, demanding as much as $500 billion in compensation

Mafia methods by USA, which shows that USA has become an unreliable partner!!

“I will not sign what 10 generations of Ukrainians will have to pay back,” Zelenskyy said

And EU should absolutely not allow Ukraine to be pressured into that shitty deal.

[–] jimmy90 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

heck yeah i can see why this war was always so important now

ukraine was not always just the breadbasket of europe it was gas and minerals and strategic position for a generation too

brexit might have happened but oh boy there seems to be something bringing us together

[–] Buffalox 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This war is not important to Ukraine or EU because of minerals, it's important because EU can't accept Russia encroaching on Europe again, and for Ukraine it's obviously important because they don't want to be controlled by Russia. When they can have autonomy and democracy with Europe.

Europe has at no point made any claims on Ukrainian natural ressources, but Russia is obviously interested in it, and now USA is trying to basically steal it.
The EU offer is probably mostly to help Ukraine not being exploited by USA, and make it easier for Ukraine to say no to USA.

These resources are nice to have, but they are NOT rare earth minerals like Trump claims.

[–] jimmy90 6 points 6 days ago

absolutely agree and i didn't mean diminish the great sacrifice and bravery that ukraine has already made both to defend itself and the rest of europe

i think i was further understanding its strategic importance to everyone and a concrete plan for this and future generations