The United States is paying a wide new deal to control the minerals and energy of Ukraine

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The United States is pushing for a comprehensive new deal to control critical minerals in Ukraine and energy assets, with any security guarantees in Kyiv in return, in an aggressive expansion of its previous demands.

The new draft that was sent to Kyiv on Sunday and was seen by Financial Times beyond a common initial economic agreement last month, as part of Donald Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recover billions of military assistance.

Senior Ukrainian officials said the proposal could undermine their mission, the road profits abroad and deepen its dependence on Washington.

The draft of the deal represents a major escalation of the Trump administration’s efforts to control profitable natural resources in Ukraine, where it presses the end of the conflict.

It will apply to all mineral resources, including oil and gas, through the entire Ukrainian territory.

Washington requires Ukraine and the United States to establish a supervisory council to oversee a joint investment fund to divide income from oil, gas and mineral projects between the two countries.

The United States will appoint three members of the five board of directors, giving Washington the full veto of the fund.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessin Fox News on Wednesday that he believed that the deal could be signed as soon as possible next week.

But three senior Ukrainian officials told FT that it was unlikely to happen. One of them said that the draft of the new United States was “unfair”, while another likened it to “theft.”

A third official said that a team of legal advisers had been brought to help the government examine the document while preparing to combat.

The Ukrainians expressed his frustration with the increasing pressure from Trump to a compromise to secure the ceasefire and permanent peace, even when the Kremlin does not appear any sign of the endowment of its invasion.

In Paris on Thursday, Zelinski said the United States was “constantly changing” the conditions of the agreement. But he added that he did not want Washington to think that Kyiv was against the deal.

The new suggestion of the Trump administration has the subject of the previous framework agreement on the development of mineral resources in Ukraine, in conjunction with last month by Kiev and Washington.

This deal, which would have created a fund in which Ukraine contributed 50 percent of the future profits of mineral resources, was not signed after a catastrophic oval office between Trump and Ukrainian President Voludimir Zelinski.

According to the new proposal, the projects covered by the fund will include those of the Ukrainian government itself, as well as the companies approved by KYIV or state -owned organizations.

The deal also covers the infrastructure related to the exploitation of natural resources, such as roads, railways, pipelines, ports and treatment stations.

The funds created under the latest proposal will be transferred directly to a foreign currency and direct it abroad, and Ukraine will be responsible for compensation in the event of delay or conflicts.

The United States will obtain royalties from the fund against Ukraine, by 4 percent, and will retain priority rights in infrastructure projects as well as veto power on third -party sales of resources.

Although the deal does not include provisions for the United States ownership of nuclear energy infrastructure in Ukraine – a controversial idea that President Donald Trump put forward last week – Ukrainian officials are still cautious that nuclear assets are still on the table in future negotiations.

One of the officials familiar with this issue said that the nuclear issue was raised in previous discussions, but was deliberately excluded from this repetition of the proposal.

The US State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Earlier this week, a Treasury spokesman said about the expanded offer: “The United States is committed to the rapid conclusion of this vital agreement, and a permanent peace insurance for both Ukraine and Russia.”

Participated in additional reports by James Politi and Jay Chazan