The team of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is working on an updated agreement between Ukraine and the United States for Ukraine to accept to give the income of the United States of some of the most valuable resources in Ukraine, said a Ukrainian official to ABC News.
An American official with knowledge of the negotiations said that a new version of the agreement between the two countries has been put on the table.
The document currently on the table is a work in progress after the Trump administration initially proposed Ukraine provides the United States Government for 50% of the income of some of its key resources, including minerals, oil, gas and The ports a week ago, according to a document draft reviewed by ABC News and a Ukrainian official familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump in Washington, on February 13, 2025 and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Munich, on February 15, 2025.
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The proposal that hangs between the two countries arrives at a critical moment in the relationship of the United States and Ukraine under the Trump administration and an even more critical moment in the war of almost three years since the large -scale invasion of Russia in Russia of Ukraine.
The Zelenskyy team presented the initial document with almost no warning when the United States Secretary of the United States Country in an exploitation agreement, said a Ukrainian official. The supposed original draft document, reviewed by ABC News, did not contain any mention of future security guarantees for Ukraine, suggesting that the country should give up access to its resources as a recovery of US aid has already been provided.
ABC News obtained that document from a Ukrainian source.
After Zelenskyy refused to sign the initial agreement, Trump intensified the criticism, calling him a “dictator” and questioning his legitimacy as leader of Ukraine, echoing the conversation points of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy has remained firm, both thanking the United States for their continuous support and saying that he believes that Trump is living in a “misinformation space.”
“I told them to show security guarantees, and then we talked about the percentage. They said 50% and replied that I don’t. I can’t sell the country. I am just a manager. Tomorrow, the country will have another manager, so I can’t sell it .
During the meeting between Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, Russian general Keith Kellogg and Zelenskyy in kyiv on Thursday, the two discussed the proposal again, said a Ukrainian official. After the meeting with Kellogg, Zelenskyy’s team is now working on an updated agreement, a Ukrainian official told ABC News.
A proposed agreement
A couple of hours before Zelenskyy met with the United States Secretary of the United States of the income of the United States of some of its most valuable natural resources will be sent. Zelenskyy and his team almost did not have time to review the document, but they were asked to sign it during the meeting that day, a Ukrainian official told ABC News.
The official said Zelenskyy refused.
Zelenskyy had to meet two days later with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Munich, Germany. But after Zelenskyy sent a proposal reviewed before the meeting, Vance and Rubio threatened to cancel it, said a Ukrainian official. Zelenskyy’s team asked them to read it first, said the official, and the meeting finally continued. An American official familiar with discussions denied these details.
An alleged draft of the document, reviewed by ABC News, of the initial proposal of the US Government. Ukraine resources, which include: mineral resources, oil and gas resources, ports “and” other infrastructure (as agreed) “, establishes the draft document. An American official familiar with the matter said that these details are aligned with the initial proposal of the United States to Ukraine.
The alleged draft of the document, at the top, states that the United States “has provided significant financial and material support to Ukraine since the invasion of Russia of Ukraine in February 2022”.
“We will not confirm or deny the terms of ongoing discussions. These discussions work better among interested parties, not through the media,” said a White House official when asked about the authenticity of the document.
Since then, Trump has criticized Zelensky for not signing the agreement, on Wednesday he accused the Ukrainian president of treating Treasury Secretary Besently during his visit, claiming without evidence that Zelensky had kept Besent waiting because he was “sleeping.”
Trump’s officials also defended the agreement and said the president was “frustrated” that Zelenskyy was refusing to accept what they called a “historical opportunity.”
“Look, President Trump is obviously very frustrated at this time with President Zelenskyy. The fact that he has not come to the table, who has not been willing to take advantage of this opportunity we have offered. I think he will finally reach that point, And I hope very fast. ” Trump National Security Advisor Michael Waltz said Thursday at an informative session of the White House.
“In my opinion, there can be no, in my opinion, for the future of Ukraine and for its security that the United States invests in its long -term prosperity,” said Waltz.
It was not clear what changes the Ukrainian side had proposed during his discussions with Kellogg on Thursday.
