The Daily Populous Monday February 24th, 2025 evening edition
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Zelensky: Ukraine will not admit debt to the US of either $500 billion or $100 billion

Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, takes part in the Ukraine Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on Sep. 6, 2024. (Andreas Arnold/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has no intention of recognizing Ukraine's $500 billion debt to the United States, as insisted by US President Donald Trump and as envisaged in one of the draft US-Ukraine minerals agreement.

Zelensky said this at a press conference, News.Az reports via Ukrainski Novyny.

According to him, the first version of the agreement from the US on Ukrainian rare earth minerals assumed that Ukraine should give up 50% of the minerals listed in the document, without any security guarantees for Ukraine, which he rejected.

M0therN4ture on February 24th, 2025 at 06:45 UTC »

So the US hasn't made any progress whatsoever. Lost all cards, with nothing in return. Only giving in to Putin.

Agent Krasnov must be really good.

count023 on February 24th, 2025 at 06:41 UTC »

the "admit debt" bit isn't the big deal here. it's the, "give up 50% of the mineral rights _without_ security guarentees" that should be the lead.

a_little_luck on February 24th, 2025 at 06:41 UTC »

Doctors are trying to figure out how Zelensky’s spine is so firm