Ukraine – Rada Blocks Detail Agreements Of Mineral Deal – Moon of Alabama
Yesterday the Rada Committee for Foreign Policy passed the relevant language but added an amendment to it: The two side agreements of the mineral deal, which the Zelesnki regime has signed (but not presented to RADA) and which include all the gory details of the deal, WILL BE NULL AND VOID WITHOUT FURTHER RATIFICATION:
[I]f the resource agreement is ratified with this amendment, it will mean that either Volodymyr Zelensky will have to submit the limited partnership agreement to the Parliament for ratification, or there will be an opportunity to challenge the deal at any time and recognize it as worthless, since it was not fully ratified by the parliament.
It is not known if Zelenski had planned or even supported the parliament move. That all committee members, including those from his party, voted for the amendment may be a hint. The question then is what Trump is going to do about it?
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/05/ukraine-rada-blocks-detail-agreements-of-mineral-deal.html
Pass the Popcorn
This “deal” is a pr joke. It will never amount to anything as it was forced upon Ukraine to make it look like Trump won something out of the whole American fiasco in Ukraine. America was humiliated in Ukraine, and for some reason Trump refuses to put an end to that humiliation.
Trump gets to “claim” a “win” for America and gloat about his “Art of the Deal” while Ukraine gets a legal “back door out” to never have to live up to the agreement at any time without further commitment of the RADA. It’s a win-win PR exercise as both get to sell it with opposite spins — but it’s certainly not enough to justify keeping the US involved in the war and the likelihood of payout in this century are minimal!
This doesn’t answer the question though as to whether this Russia/Ukraine “peace push” by America was anything other than a distraction designed to get this agreement signed.
What ARE the US intentions in this war (Ukraine has been THEIR proxy) and what role IS Russia playing in kabuki theatrics?
Ukraine’s Parliament Ratifies US Minerals Deal In Hopes Of Securing Future Arms
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraines-parliament-ratifies-us-minerals-deal-hopes-securing-future-arms