Ukrainian officials said on Sunday morning, as Washington maintains pressure on Kiev to signing an agreement quickly that Ukraine and the United States are still popular in difficult negotiations on a trade resource deal for Ukraine for American aid.
The timing of the talks, which extended late on Saturday night, according to two Ukrainian officials in the negotiations, coincided with a huge attack on drones on Ukrainian cities overnight. the Ukrainian Air Force Russia has launched 267 drones, describing it as standard since the war began three years ago. This claim cannot be independently confirmed.
The tanna echoed the drones flying over the buildings throughout the night in the center of Kiev, followed by the heavy machine guns trying to drop them. Ukraine said that most drones were shot down or disabled through electronic jamming, but the debris of drones destroyed homes and raised fires in parts of the capital.
On Saturday evening, President Trump increased Ukraine to sign the deal, which was now under negotiation for more than 10 days. Several agreements have already been rejected by the Ukrainian team, because they do not contain specific American security guarantees that would protect Kyiv from more Russian aggression.
“I think we are very close to the deal, and it is better to be close to the deal,” Mr. Trump Tell the conservative political work conference on Saturday eveningNoting that he wanted to recover for the previous US military and financial assistance to the war -torn country. He also said: “We ask the rare land and oil – anything we can get.”
The frustration of the negotiated negotiations led to an escalating food between President Voludimir Zellinsky from Ukraine and Mr. Trump. US President Zelinski accused of “a dictator without elections”, echoing the Kermlin discussion point. The Ukrainian leader also said that Mr. Trump was living in a “network of misleading information”.
Mr. Zelinski was scheduled to hold a press conference on Sunday, a day before the third anniversary of the war, when he is expected to treat his escalating hostility with Mr. Trump.
On Friday, the United States proposed a new draft agreement, obtained by the New York Times, which still lacks security guarantees for Ukraine and included tougher financial conditions. Ukrainian officials, speakers, said, provided that his identity is not disclosed to discuss negotiations, that Ukraine sent amendments again on Saturday night.
The new draft draft repeated a request from Ukraine to abandon half of its revenues from extracting natural resources, including minerals, gas and oil, as well as profits from ports and other infrastructure.
According to the proposed deal, these revenues will be directed to a fund in which the United States will obtain a financial interest of 100 percent, and Ukraine must contribute to the fund until it reaches 500 billion dollars. This amount is more than four times the value of American aid committed to Ukraine so far.
The United States does not comply with the security guarantee of Ukraine, or promises more military support to Kev. The word “security” was removed from the formulation of mentioned in a previous version of the deal, on February 14th and reviewed by the Times, which stated that both countries aim to achieve “permanent peace and security in Ukraine.”
Instead, the agreement says that part of the revenues collected by the Fund will be reinforced to rebuild Ukraine. It also states that the United States intends to provide long -term financial support for the economic development of Ukraine. This potential commitment is in line with an argument in the White House that the mere presence of American economic interests in Ukraine will deter Russian aggression in the future.
“This economic partnership will lay the foundations for a solid peace by sending a clear signal to the American people, the people of Ukraine, and the government of Russia on the importance of Ukraine’s future sovereignty of the United States,” Scott Payet, the US Treasury Secretary, wrote in a Saturday opinion article for the Financial Times newspaper.