US President Trump demands higher share of Ukrainian GDP than reparations imposed on Germany, via Telegraph

• "Trump’s demand for a USD 500bln “payback” from Ukraine goes far beyond US control over the country’s critical minerals. Covers everything from ports and infrastructure to oil and gas, and the larger resource base of the country."


• "The terms of the contract that landed at  Zelensky’s office a week ago amount to the US economic colonisation of Ukraine, in legal perpetuity. It implies a burden of reparations that cannot possibly be achieved. The document has caused consternation and panic in Kyiv."


• "The Telegraph has obtained a draft of the pre-decisional contract, marked “Privileged & Confidential’ and dated Feb 7 2025. It states that the US and Ukraine should form a joint investment fund to ensure that “hostile parties to the conflict do not benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine”.


• "The US will take 50pc of recurring revenues received by Ukraine from extraction of resources, and 50pc of the financial value of “all new licences issued to third parties” for the future monetisation of resources. There will be “a lien on such revenues” in favour of the US. “That clause means ‘pay us first, and then feed your children’,” said one source close to the negotiations.

17 Feb 2025 - 16:09- Geopolitical- Source: The Telegraph