STORY: :: An analyst calls the U.S.-Ukraine draft minerals deal ‘lopsided’ and ‘absurd’:: February 25, 2025:: M. Steven Fish, University of California Berkeley”For the United States to try to extract a half trillion dollars in mineral resources from Ukraine after giving Ukraine about $60 billion in aid is an absolute absurdity. Not only is it obviously completely lopsided, but we need to keep in mind that Ukraine has been defending the United States and our West European allies and our European allies more generally from Russian aggression ever since Russia invaded Ukraine for the second time in 2022. Ukrainians have been doing the fighting and dying. All we’ve done is provide some aid, which is a pittance compared to what we’ve gotten from them, which is defending Europe against Russian aggression.”The U.S. president, who has cast the deal as a repayment for billions of dollars in aid to Kyiv, also said some form of peacekeeping troops are needed in Ukraine if an agreement to end the conflict is struck. Moscow, which launched an invasion of Ukraine three years ago, has refused to accept any deployment of NATO forces.Political Science Professor at University of California Berkeley, M. Steven Fish, said the deal “is an absolute absurdity” and added “Ukrainians have been doing the fighting and dying. All we’ve done is provide some aid, which is a pittance compared to what we’ve gotten from them, which is defending Europe against Russian aggression.”Trump’s rush to impose an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and his lurch toward Moscow has stoked fears of far-reaching U.S. concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin that could undermine security in Ukraine and Europe and alter the geopolitical landscape.
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