First ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) ever used outside of training was used on the city of Dnipro 🇺🇦.

⚠️📣 🇺🇦🇺🇸Important developments regarding Ukraine - United States relations

In early February 2025 USA president Trump started negotiations with Russian Leader Putin while excluding anyone else from talks.

The result was a ceasefire deal stating that Ukraine would allocate 50% of its revenues from natural resources including minerals, gas, oil, revenues from ports and power plants to a U.S.-controlled fund until contributions reached $500 billion, to be invested in co-managed US-UKR resource extraction and distribution projects on UKR territory.

With this deal, The U.S. would secure substantial access to Ukraine's resources, intended as compensation for the extensive financial and military aid.

President Zelenskyy refused to sign this deal due to the lack of security guarantees or explicit commitments to ongoing military support for Ukraine, citing that...

... Putin “has broken ceasefires 25 times over the last 10 years” - 23:34

The conversation then starts escalating from when Trump says he is not aligned with anyone - 39:00

Vice president JD Vance then says diplomacy is needed - 40:04

Zelenskyy replies they tried diplomacy and it didn't work - 41:38

JD brings up problems UKR is having with the war, Zelenskyy replies that even the US will feel the “influence” of the war - 43:00

Trump and JD lose their temper and start berating Zelenskyy, saying he is “gambling with ww3” - 43:55

They say Zelenskyy is not being grateful enough - 44:09

They say Zelenskyy doesn't want a ceasefire - 45:55

Trump says he “empowered [Zelenskyy] to be a tough guy…you’re either going to make a deal or we’re out. And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out.” - 48:36

It's important to note that approximately 40% of Ukraine's resources are currently under Russian control, it is speculated that the deal would effectively leave Ukraine’s mineral-rich territories under Russian control, while granting the U.S. exclusive access to resources in non-occupied areas.

If a deal is signed:

❔The frontline would freeze and give Russia the time to solidify positions and legitimize control in occupied regions.

❔Meanwhile both Russia and the U.S. would be extracting resources, making the occupied regions dependent on Russia and the rest dependent on the U.S.

❔It could also be possible that the lifting of sanctions and the restoring of Nord Stream 2 pipeline will be added to the deal, effectively reviving the Russian economy and the European energy dependence on Russia.

The following are the main elements present in UKR:

🔸Coal
Global Reserves: 3.9%
Applications: Electricity Generation,Metal Production, Coal Byproducts
Approx value:$12 trillion

🔸Titanium
Global Reserves: 1%
Applications: Vital for aerospace, medical devices, and pigments.
Approx value: $1 trillion

🔸Graphite
Global Reserves: 6%
Applications: Essential for lithium-ion batteries, nuclear reactors, and various industrial applications.
Approx value: $2.5 billion

🔸Rare Earth Elements
Global Reserves: 5%
Applications: Essential for electronics, renewable energy technologies, and defense systems.
Approx value: $500 billion

🔸Lithium
Global Reserves: 2%
Applications: Crucial for batteries, ceramics, and glass manufacturing.
Approx Value: $10 billion

🔸Uranium
Global Reserves: 2%
Applications: Fundamental for nuclear energy production.
Approx value: $300 billion

🔸Iron Ore
Global Production: 1.7%
Applications: Primary component in steel manufacturing.
Approx value: $225 billion

🔸Manganese
Global Reserves: 1.6%
Applications: Used in steel production and battery technology.
Approx value: $240 billion

❗️It is also of interest that on Feb 21 - U.S. negotiators have raised the possibility of cutting access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet system if the deal is not signed. (Reuters)

This would effectively cripple Ukrainian defense and offense capabilities since the front lines heavily rely on this technology for communications.

❗️This is a major shift in the geopolitical stage, it shows that U.S. support is now tied to purely economic benefits rather than than strategic or ideological commitments to sovereignty and security.

We are already witnessing steps being taken toward EU independence from the U.S. :

Macron suggested extending France's nuclear deterrence to cover Europe.

U.K. and France made a proposal to deploy troops in UKR

Norwegian oil and shipping company Haltbakk Bunkers started a “boycott U.S.” movement by denying fuel to U.S. sub.

EU leaders already started security talks that exclude the U.S.

The current U.S. stance on Nato is fragile and could potentially mean the end of this organization as we know it.

⚠️Update on the Minerals deal:

As per NBC News Trump is now adding demands to the deal:

- Territorial concessions from Ukraine to Russia

- Zelensky to have elections and step down