Trump wants a deal for Ukraine's natural resources as 'payback' in exchange for aid stopping Russia attack: envoy

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 Trump wants a deal for Ukraine's natural resources as 'payback' in exchange for aid stopping Russia attack: envoy
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from Ukraine in exchange for help ending Russia ’s nearly three-year-old invasion, President Trump’s special envoy to the conflict exclusively told The Post.

“When we walked out of the Iraq War, we don’t have a single oil contract in Iraq proper — they’re all in Kurdistan,” Kellogg explained. “Nothing. All the sacrifice went to no one. So I think the president is taking an economical look: ‘If you want to do this, there’s got to be something good for the American people,’ and that’s how he’s looking at it.”

The US does not maintain its own supply of titanium in the National Defense Stockpile, instead buying from other nations — including adversaries. While there are some rare earth reserves in Russian-held eastern Ukraine, Center for Strategic and International Studies critical minerals security program director Gracelin Baskaran said they may be less prevalent — and less of a reason behind Moscow’s invasion — than some reports have indicated.

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