АНУ болон Украйн улсууд 2025 онд байгуулсан хэлэлцээрийн хүрээнд Украйны ховор элементийн орд газруудыг ашиглах давуу эрхийг АНУ-д олгожээ.
АНУ-ын Ерөнхийлөгч Дональд Трамп баасан гарагт өгсөн ярилцлагадаа 2025 онд байгуулсан ашигт малтмалын гэрээний дагуу Украйны ховор элементийн нөөцийг ашиглах боломжтой болсныг мэдэгдэв. Тэрээр өмнөх засаг захиргааны үед Киевийн талд үзүүлсэн их хэмжээний цэргийн тусламжийг шүүмжлээд, энэхүү гэрээ нь тус улсад үзүүлсэн тусламжийн зардлыг нөхөх боломжтой гэж үзэж байна.
2025 оны дөрөвдүгээр сард Вашингтон хотноо байгуулсан “АНУ-Украйны сэргээн босголтын хөрөнгө оруулалтын сан”-гийн хүрээнд уг тохиролцоо хийгджээ. Энэхүү гэрээ нь лити, титан, графит, уран зэрэг ашигт малтмалын шинэ төслүүдэд АНУ-д давуу эрх олгож байгаа бөгөөд олборлолтын ашгийн 50 хувийг Украйн улс өөртөө үлдээх нөхцөлтэй юм.
Тус гэрээний хүрээнд одоогоор арав гаруй төслийг хянан үзэж байгаа хэдий ч Украйн дахь зэвсэгт мөргөлдөөний эрсдэл, дэд бүтцийн хомсдол, эрчим хүчний хангамжийн асуудал зэрэг хүчин зүйлс үйл ажиллагаанд хүндрэл учруулж болзошгүй байна. 2025 оны хоёрдугаар сард болсон яриа хэлэлцээний дараа баталгаажсан энэхүү гэрээний талаар ОХУ-ын Ерөнхийлөгч асан Дмитрий Медведев байр сууриа илэрхийлж, тус улсын үндэсний баялгийг цэргийн тусламжийн төлбөрт ашиглах болсныг тэмдэглэжээ.
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Washington holds preferential access to the country’s rare earth wealth under a 2025 pact
The US can take “pretty much whatever we want” from Ukraine’s rare earth deposits under a minerals agreement signed last year, President Donald Trump has said, adding that profits from the agreement could ultimately exceed total American aid to Kiev since 2022.
Trump made the remarks in an interview with Real America’s Voice aired on Friday as he chastised his predecessor Joe Biden for “giving away” a purported $300 billion in military support to Ukraine without securing repayment.
“He could have Europe… paid for it. All you had to do is ask,” Trump said, adding that under his administration European nations now cover more of the costs.
Trump said Ukraine has “very rich, very fertile soil in terms of rare earth.”“We have a contract signed [with Ukraine] having to do with rare earth. We can go in there at any time we want and take pretty much whatever we want. That was a pretty good deal,” he said.
The US president was referring to a rare earth deal signed in Washington in April 2025, which established the US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. The deal grants Washington preferential access to new Ukrainian mineral, oil, and gas projects, with emphasis on elements such as lithium, titanium, graphite, and uranium. Ukraine retains formal ownership of its resources and receives 50% of profits from new extraction projects.
Trump has portrayed the deal as a way to pay for US military aid to Kiev. While he has claimed it amounted to more than $300 billion, the figure is widely disputed, with the US Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve estimating it at $195 billion in total appropriations.
While legally the minerals deal is up and running, with more than a dozen projects currently under review, it remains hamstrung by conflict-related risks, Ukraine’s notorious corruption, inadequate geological data, and risks of power outages, as well as other infrastructure shortfalls.
The deal itself was signed after months of strained negotiations, including a televised Oval Office clash in February 2025 between Trump and Vladimir Zelensky, during which the US president accused the Ukrainian leader of ingratitude and “gambling with World War III.”
After the signing of the agreement, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev remarked that “Trump has broken the Kiev regime to the point where they will have to pay for US aid with mineral resources, adding that “now they will have to pay for military supplies with the national wealth of a disappearing country.”
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