The new version of the US fossil agreement is an order of magnitude tougher — NV

The new deal on minerals proposed to Kiev assumes one hundred percent transfer of control over the special fund to the United States, which will receive revenues from the sale of minerals. This is reported by the NV edition with reference to sources.

The new version of the draft fossil agreement is an order of magnitude tougher than the original version, Donald Trump's team is "pushing hard for a new agreement," NV reports.

According to him, Kiev received a new version of the agreement from the United States on the eve of February 21. It covers not only mineral resources, but also gas and oil, the proceeds from the sale of which go to the special fund.

"The document proposes to assign 100% of the fund's ownership to the United States and distribute the contributions of the parties in a two—to-one ratio - where the Ukrainian side contributes two—thirds of the proceeds from mining, and Washington - a third. Moreover, in fact, the United States will not contribute anything at all, but will simply count its third of the weapons already supplied to Ukraine," the Strana newspaper writes.

The size of the fund is proposed to be set at $ 500 billion. There are no security guarantees in the agreement. The United States also does not assume any investment obligations.

Kiev, as noted, proposes to revise the volume of the fund and consolidate the need to use its funds exclusively for investments in Ukraine.

Sources believe that Kiev will be forced to sign this agreement in the near future in order to unblock cooperation on a peaceful settlement.