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Seven takeaways from Ukraine minerals deal

May 1, 2025
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Paul Kirby, James FitzGerald and Tom Geoghegan

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Getty Images Trump and Zelensky shake hands at the White House after the Ukrainian president gets out of his car on arrival. Trump is wearing a dark blue suit and red tie, Zelensky in a black military-style outfit.Getty Images

The US and Ukraine have signed a deal that will give Washington access to some of the war-torn country’s natural resources.

Months in the making, it sets up an investment fund that Ukraine hopes will cement US assistance as the country struggles to repel Russia three years after the invasion.

The Ukrainians have now published the deal and there have been public statements from both sides. Here are seven key takeaways.

No Ukrainian payback to US

Trump has previously demanded that Ukraine pay back the $350bn (£264bn) of aid that he claims has been provided by the US during the war – a condition that Zelensky rejected.

But Washington appears to have made a concession. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the agreement did not dictate that his country pay back any supposed “debt”.

Trump has styled the agreement as a win for his side as well, saying his country will get back “much more in theory” than the billions that were provided to Ukraine by his predecessor Joe Biden.

Tougher tone from US towards Putin

The language used by the US in announcing the deal is notably harsher towards Russia than is usually the case from the Trump administration.

The agreement refers to “Russia’s full-scale invasion” and the US Treasury Department adds that “no state or person who financed or supplied the Russian war machine will be allowed to benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine”.

This will hearten Kyiv, which has demanded more pressure be placed on Russia in talks between Moscow and Washington discussing a possible ceasefire.

Watch: US signs historic natural resources deal with Ukraine says Scott Bessent

Oil and gas included alongside minerals

Despite the fact that much of the talk around the deal relates to Ukraine’s mineral wealth, the agreement also includes provisions for oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons.

In all cases, the resources stay in Ukrainian ownership, even though the US will get joint access.

The inclusion of oil and gas has been seen as a softening of the Ukrainian position, since they were not in earlier drafts of the deal.

No hindrance to Kyiv’s EU ambitions

Ukraine has long aspired to join the European Union and accession talks formally began last June.

There were some concerns in Kyiv that the resources deal could hinder Ukraine’s ability to join the EU, if it gave preferential treatment to US investors, as Kyiv and Brussels already have a strategic partnership on raw materials.

But the deal’s text says that the US acknowledges Ukraine’s intention to join the EU and the need for this agreement not to conflict with that.

It also says that if Ukraine needs to revisit the terms of the deal because of “additional obligations” as part of joining the EU, then the US agrees to negotiate in good faith.

Additionally, Kyiv says the US will support additional transfers of investment and technology in Ukraine, including from the EU and elsewhere.

A US military commitment back on table…

The US has framed the deal as an essential one to sign if Ukraine is to continue to receive its military assistance.

Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko – who flew to Washington DC to sign the deal – said it envisaged the US contributing new assistance in the future, such as air defence systems.

This, too, would mark a change in strategy for Trump – who has sought to wind down military support for Ukraine since returning to the White House.

One outstanding question is what the accord will ultimately mean for the state of the war. The Kremlin has not yet responded to the agreement.

…but US can still walk away any time

It appears there are no concrete security guarantees from the US, which is something Ukraine and Europe have long been pushing the White House to provide.

Trump has long been reluctant to give the same military commitment that Biden had given.

Instead, his interest in staying the course with US support for Ukraine is more implicit, due to the economic commitments set out in this deal.

That means there would still be a fragility about the commitment of Ukraine’s most important ally.

Profits to be reinvested in Ukraine?

One intriguing point highlighted by Ukraine’s government is that for the first decade of the reconstruction investment fund, profits will be “fully reinvested in Ukraine’s economy”, either in new projects or reconstruction.

This could be potentially significant if there is no financial benefit for the US for 10 years.

However, this provision does not appear to be in the agreement signed in Washington, although it might later be part of an additional “technical” deal.

After that initial 10-year period, Kyiv says profits may be distributed between the partners.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News late on Wednesday that the deal was a signal to the American people that “we have a chance to participate, get some of the funding and the weapons, compensation for those and be partners with the success of the Ukraine people”.

A map shows the locations of critical mineral deposits believed to be dotted across Ukraine - including titanium and zirconium in large patches in central areas, smaller areas of graphite in central areas, rare earths in a corridor from north-west to south-east, and lithium in some limited central areas



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