{"id":5486,"date":"2025-02-11T20:07:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-says-ukraine-may-be-russian-someday-eyes-its-mineral-resources-ahead-of-zelenskyy-vance-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T20:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:07:55","slug":"trump-says-ukraine-may-be-russian-someday-eyes-its-mineral-resources-ahead-of-zelenskyy-vance-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-says-ukraine-may-be-russian-someday-eyes-its-mineral-resources-ahead-of-zelenskyy-vance-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Ukraine &#8220;may be Russian someday,&#8221; eyes its mineral resources ahead of Zelenskyy-Vance meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump has suggested that Ukraine &#8220;may be Russian someday,&#8221; in an interview aired just days before Vice President JD Vance is set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a security summit in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They may make a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday,&#8221; Mr. Trump, who repeatedly claimed before taking office for his second term that he would quickly end the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">war launched almost three years ago by Russia<\/a><\/span>. He made the remarks in a portion of an interview with Fox News that was broadcast on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine and many of its European partners have worried that Mr. Trump could try to make good on his vows by pressuring Zelenskyy into a ceasefire agreement with Russia that allows Moscow to maintain control over some of the roughly 25% of Ukrainian territory Vladimir Putin&#8217;s forces have occupied.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange for a truce with Russia, Zelenskyy has made it clear that he would want security guarantees from the U.S. \u2014 such as backing for Ukrainian NATO membership or an agreement to deploy peacekeeping troops \u2014 fearing Russia could regroup and strike again.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/do-ukrainians-want-ceasefire-almost-3-years-war-russia\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Do Ukrainians want a ceasefire after almost 3 years of war with Russia?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">06:06<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Trump said Monday that his special envoy for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, whom the president has tasked with ending the conflict, will be sent to Ukraine in the near future. Vance is set to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jd-vance-volodymyr-zelenskyy-meeting-munich-security-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">meet Zelenskyy<\/a><\/span> at a security conference in Munich on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response to Mr. Trump&#8217;s comments, the Kremlin said Tuesday that the situation in Ukraine &#8220;largely corresponds to President Trump&#8217;s words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that a significant part of Ukraine wants to become Russia, and has already, is a fact,&#8221; spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in an apparent reference to Moscow&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-putin-annexes-four-regions-says-will-defend-territory-by-all-means\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">unilateral declaration in September 2022<\/a><\/span> that four occupied regions in southeast Ukraine had been annexed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any phenomenon can happen with a 50 percent probability \u2014 either yes or no,&#8221; Peskov said, adding that there was nothing new to report regarding discussions with the U.S. over the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump and Ukraine&#8217;s mineral wealth<\/h2>\n<p>President Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/trump-says-wants-rare-ukrainian-minerals-exchange-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">suggested<\/a> that future American military aid to Ukraine could be dependent on Kyiv committing to a trade agreement that grants U.S. access to its rare earth minerals. He has framed the idea as a return on the U.S. investment made in backing Ukraine&#8217;s defensive efforts \u2014 aid which has already amounted to more than $65 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion worth of rare earth,&#8221; Mr. Trump said Monday. &#8220;They have essentially agreed to do that, so at least we don&#8217;t feel stupid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rare-earth-elements-not-so-rare-after-all-60-minutes-2019-06-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Rare earth minerals<\/a><\/span>, of which Ukraine has significant reserves, are vital raw materials for a wide range of technology, including most modern batteries and some military technology.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/rare-earth-elements-u-s-on-sidelines-in-race-for-trove-of-metals-sitting-on-ocean-floor-60-minutes-60-minutes-2019-11-17\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">U.S. on sidelines in race for trove of metals sitting on ocean floor<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">13:19<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zelenskyy has indicated an openness to such an agreement with the U.S., which he appears to understand may be the cost of securing ongoing U.S. financial support and security guarantees. But in an interview with Reuters last week, Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine was not offering to simply give away its &#8220;rich land,&#8221; even to &#8220;strategic partners.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the Ukrainian leader has said his country is interested in a partnership \u2014 an idea that first appeared in Zelenskyy&#8217;s &#8220;victory plan,&#8221; which he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/zelenskyy-senate-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">presented in Washington<\/a><\/span> during a visit in September.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy, in his interview with Reuters, showed a map indicating the extent of Ukraine&#8217;s estimated mineral reserves, concentrated mainly in the east and central parts of the country. He said the Ukrainian land currently occupied by Russian forces holds less than 20% of his country&#8217;s mineral wealth, but he added that it is still worth &#8220;hundreds of billions&#8221; of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy warned against allowing Russia to maintain control over such valuable and strategic resources, saying Putin was not just grabbing the land and the minerals within it, but that he could then provide the totalitarian regimes in North Korea or Iran access to the vital materials.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/frank-andrews\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Frank Andrews<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div 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