EconomyPolitics The US has not dominated out the Russian mineral extraction proposal from Ukraine’s occupied territories. Thursday, February 27, 2025

The Russian Federation has provided the US entry to uncommon earth metals and different sources within the quickly occupied areas of Ukraine, significantly in components of the Donetsk and Zaporizhia areas. In accordance with NBC, “This could successfully assure that Russia will retain components of the Ukrainian territory it occupies as a part of a peace settlement.” At the moment, the administration of US President Donald Trump has not made any commitments relating to an settlement with Russia however has not dismissed such an possibility, sources emphasised. On the similar time, the Kremlin confirmed President Putin’s proposal to cooperate with the US within the extraction of uncommon earth metals. The Russian Ministry of Pure Sources acknowledged that the nation’s complete reserves of uncommon earth metals reportedly quantity to 658 million tons, which embrace 29 forms of metals, 15 of that are uncommon earths. Putin additionally highlighted that Russia is ready to supply the US cooperation not solely inside its territory but in addition within the “occupied territories” of Ukraine, particularly within the Donbas.