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Sharing Ukrainian resources with allies is part of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s broader “victory plan” for the war with Russia, which has been presented to foreign leaders, including Trump.
Trump, who has repeatedly hinted at scaling back U.S. support for Ukraine, suggested that American assistance should be contingent on securing rights to Ukraine’s valuable deposits. “We’re investing hundreds of billions of dollars. They have great rare earths, and I want security of the rare earths,” he said in Washington.
“They’re willing to do it,” Trump added.
Ukraine, which is heavily reliant on Western weapons to fend off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing full-scale invasion, faces a critical situation as resource-rich areas, like the Krutaja Balka site near Berdyansk on the country’s southeastern coast, remain under Russian occupation.
Despite these losses, Ukraine retains strategic reserves of lithium, graphite, titanium and uranium — crucial for its future economic stability and potentially part of the calculus in balancing immediate aid with long-term resource sovereignty.
