The Guardian view on the US and Ukraine: is the natural resources agreement a big deal? | Editorial

R.The Trump administration, with its usual rhetorical inflation, praised it Metal With Ukraine “historical”. What you say is the most powerful country in the world and does it important. But how much? And for how long? This is the government of Caprice and chaos. Trying to deliver data points can be an attempt to join errors on the windshield. The real issue is that the car still follows Moscow marks.

This moment appears to be high because the US -Ukraine’s bonds reach this extent, especially with the oval inhuman bullying of Vodimer Zelinsky and it is that Washington is ready to recognize the attached Crimea Cross. The main details of this deal It has not yet been completed in a technical agreement. The idea arose with Kyiv, which witnessed that economic incentives may be the only way to insult the American president in his defense. The Trump administration decided that the answer was, in essence, taking all resources without granting the security guarantee that Ukraine sought. It looked like a protection pad, without constant protection.

Therefore, reaching the profit sharing deal is the success of Ukrainian diplomacy in very difficult circumstances, and it can be said that the first positive sign in the bilateral relationship since Mr. Trump took office. Text It refers to the “complete invasion of Russia” and “war machine” The type of language that the administration not only avoided, but also Actively elsewhere. (In February, Mr. Trump said that Ukraine “should have never started it.” Kiev also said that over the first ten years, profits will be fully reinvested in the economy of Ukraine, “although it does not seem to be mentioned in the document.

But the importance of the agreement is limited. The presence of American citizens and companies is not preventive by nature: they were already in Ukraine when Vladimir Putin’s tanks rolled across the border in 2022. The agreement certainly does not show that Mr. Trump wants that Ending American military aid – Nevertheless Reports say The administration plans to agree to $ 50 million of arms exports – is still less safe for a European presence. He does not indicate that he turns his back on Mr. Putin, even if he is currently expressing his irritation. This does not mean that a A greater economic deal With Russia, it may not be in the pipeline.

Trump can encourage this agreement as evidence of his skill in making deals on Mr. Trump to feel a degree of political investment in the crisis, thus making Mr. Putin a little more careful step. But the Russian president may think he should take over more lands while he can. Mr. Trump’s efforts to make peace so far was an attempt for a strong arm Ukraine To accept Moscow’s conditions because it believes that any deal seems better than nothing.

Sometimes, very limited gains will be welcomed and exploited. Mr. Trump may be somewhat more inclined to allow military intelligence to continue to flow, or European countries to buy weapons for Ukraine. In the worst scenario, Kiev has climbed for a short time, while European allies support support. This is not something. But the administration that demanded the cruelty of Ukraine’s gratitude has not yet granted anything that deserves thanks.

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