Trump confirms he sent his Treasury Secretary to Ukraine
Pravda Ukraine
US President Donald Trump has confirmed media reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is to visit Ukraine.
Source: Trump on his social network Truth Social, as reported by European Pravda
Details: He said that Bessent will hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the visit.
Quote: “I am sending Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy. This War MUST and WILL END SOON – Too much Death and Destruction.”
Details: Bloomberg reports that Bessent may come to Ukraine for initial talks on a “deal” in which the United States would gain access to Kyiv’s rare earth resources in exchange for military assistance.
Background:
- Last week, the US president said he was interested in concluding an agreement with Ukraine to receive rare earth metals and other resources in exchange for arms supplies.
- Later, he added that Kyiv had “essentially agreed” to a US$500 billion “deal”.
- Ukraine has significant reserves of uranium and several important minerals, including titanium, lithium and graphite. Ukrainian authorities estimate that they could be worth trillions of dollars.
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