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Fiendish Thingy

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1. Ukraine didn't give up mineral rights

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:49 AM

Aug 11

Trump thinks they did, but my understanding, IIRC, from reading analyses of the “agreement” is that Ukraine retains control over future mineral rights in territory it now controls, and the US only has rights to extract minerals from Ukrainian territory currently occupied by Russia.

My hope is, once it is clear Trump is abandoning Ukraine, that Ukraine signs a deal with the EU for shared mineral rights in Ukrainian held territory in exchange for EU membership and unrestricted arms supplies until this war is over.

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Ukraine gave up nuclear rights and mineral rights now we are saying things like land swap with Russia for peace [View all] Peacetrain Aug 11 OP

Ukraine didn't give up mineral rights Fiendish Thingy Aug 11 #1

So you are saying that IF Russia gets the land in any 'peace' agreement, Then the US would legally have riversedge Aug 11 #2

Not quite Fiendish Thingy Aug 11 #3

I mean does anyone think Russia would allow that? Cosmocat Aug 11 #4