I said I like that Zelensky is using the minerals as leverage. And I’ll add to what I’ve said previously, it could get him a seat at the negotiating table
Everyone else here is offering ad hominem insults and acting outraged.
You didn’t like it. So you must have a better suggestion ?
It wasn’t something Biden could do alone. It also can’t be done when a country doesn’t have control of their borders. This article provides some of the criteria.
My suggestion… whole heartedly support Ukraine. Approve NATO now. Push Russia out. Call the bluff. If it’s not a bluff, then just get it over with… done with the constant games
I like the mineral deal, it should benefit Ukraine. I don’t like US using Ukraines crisis as leverage. I like Zelensky agreeing and getting what he need now and then beating trump at his one game by blowing off the deal later.
Zelensky should already have a seat at the table, it’s his country that has been attacked for 3 years. If the U.S wants to BUY into the minerals great, but not use it as a threat and a paid for up front during this time.
Why are there any negotiations? Russia attacked Ukraine. The rest of the world should be joining the war to kick Putin out. And not asking for mineral rights in return. Be strong, not wimps.
Russia's military is severely wounded right now. They can be easily defeated.
Zelensky is using every tool he has to save his country. He can stall for time and get a seat at the table using natural resources. Hopefully Europe will make this unnecessary. Canada and Australia could be sending weapons and military support personal to shore up Europe.
I have a suggestion that Russia should have abided by the Budapest memorandum. They violated it and now Ukraine is supposed to give up mineral rights? How many times will they have to capitulate?
The problem is Ukraine already gave up a lot in the Budapest Memorandum. Remember that? That memorandum obligated the U S to help defend Ukraine should that memorandum be violated. It was signed to give Ukraine security assurances in exchange for nuclear arsenal. They got played.
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Everyone else here is offering ad hominem insults and acting outraged.
You didn’t like it. So you must have a better suggestion ?
Add Ukraine to NATO.
When it’s positioned w/ a land grab of a highly retaliatory government like R, followers are unsure where you stand.☮️
Zelenskyy can trade all the minerals he wants, from his boundaries+ when Ukraine’s cities returned from R$$a.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-is-not-a-nato-member-what-it-takes-to-join-2022?op=1
Russia's military is severely wounded right now. They can be easily defeated.
*There is no good way to complete that sentence. A weaker Ukraine would be more vulnerable, not less.
Russia needs to get TF out of Ukraine & Europe needs to help stop Putin or we’ll have WWIII.