The US is pushing for a sweeping new deal to control Ukraine’s critical minerals and energy assets, while offering Kyiv no security guarantees in return, in an aggressive expansion of its previous demands.
The new draft deal sent to Kyiv on Sunday and seen by the Financial Times goes well beyond an initial joint economic accord hammered out last month, as part of US President Donald Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recoup billions of dollars’ worth of military assistance.
Senior Ukrainian officials said the proposal could undermine their nation’s sovereignty, route profits abroad and deepen its dependence on Washington.