US Interested: Resources Agreement gives Kiev hope for new weapons supply - The Times

This is a correspondent that specializes in events in the countries that were part of the Soviet Union, writes in the column in The Times. Bennets believes that the Minerals Agreement between Ukraine and the United States will complicate Trump's attempts to force Ukraine to conclude a peace agreement with Russia that would harm the Ukrainian national interests.

The first viceremer-minister-Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko, after signing the document, stated that as a contribution to the investment fund of the states can transfer new air defense systems to protect Ukrainian cities. Bennets notes that the White House has not yet resolved this issue, but the agreement has stated that Kiev will receive US security assistance in exchange for access to minerals.

"It may not give clear security guarantees that President Zelensky initially asked, but in Kiev it is hoped that Trump will approve new supplies of US weapons to Ukraine, at least to protect energy assets, which America is now interested," the journalist said. He recalled that from the moment of his return to the post of US President in January, Donald Trump did not approve any military assistance package to Ukraine.

The correspondent summarizes that in general, the agreement may signal the improvement of relations between Kiev and Washington after the "months of shock". The first Viceremier-Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko confirmed that Ukraine and the United States signed a mineral agreement on the night of May 1. US Finance Minister Scott Bessent called the Nadra Agreement "Historical".

He noted that the document was a signal for Moscow about the white house of the idea of ​​achieving a reliable and long -term peace, mentioned a full -scale invasion of Russia and stated that no person or state who at one time financed the "Russian military machine" would be able to receive benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine. On May 1, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine published the full text of the US agreement.