The US threatened Ukraine: Negotiators from the United States were to put Ukraine a condition that if it is not possible to reach an agreement on access to rare metals, they could “immediately cut off” the Starlink system – Reeuters learned. – Ukrainians consider this to be their “northern star”. Starlink loss would be a huge blow – reveals an anonymous source. This threat was also to be renewed during Thursday's talks in Kiev, the US envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg.
Why Ukraine Starlink? The system provides key internet connectivity of war overwhelmed by Ukraine and its army. It replaces other communication system that has been destroyed by war. Elon Musk supplied Ukraine with the Starlink systemwho is now a close associate of Donald Trump. The billionaire has already limited access to this system before, so it is not difficult to imagine that he would repeat this maneuver for political needs.
What does Donald Trump want? The American president expressed the hope that Ukraine I will sign a contract with the USA in the near future on the use of Ukrainian mineral resources. Ukrainians want it to be a warranty of further aid of the United States. However, President Zelanski, in the course of the negotiations conducted for over a week, was to reject the proposal of Americans who wanted to get 50 percent. profits from the extraction of metals of rare lands of the country. – They are very brave, in every possible sense. But we spend our treasures on a country, which is very, very far away – commented the US president.
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Sources: ReutersIAR