Russia's Medvedev says Ukraine minerals deal means Trump has forced Kyiv to pay for US aid

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Senior Russian information authoritative Dmitry Medvedev said connected Thursday that the signing of a minerals woody betwixt Ukraine and the United States meant U.S. President Donald Trump had forced Kyiv to wage for aboriginal U.S. subject aid.

The deal, signed successful Washington connected Wednesday, volition springiness the United States preferential entree to caller Ukrainian minerals deals and money concern successful Ukraine's reconstruction.

The Kyiv Post, citing diplomatic sources, said the Trump medication had besides told Congress connected Wednesday of its volition to green-light the export of defence-related products to Ukraine done nonstop commercialized income of $50 cardinal oregon more, the archetypal measurement of its benignant since Trump's White House return.

Reuters could not instantly corroborate that.

"Trump has breached the Kyiv authorities to the constituent wherever they volition person to wage for U.S. assistance with mineral resources," Medvedev, a erstwhile Russian president who is present lawman president of Russia's Security Council, wrote connected Telegram.

"Now they (Ukrainians) volition person to wage for subject supplies with the nationalist wealthiness of a disappearing country," helium said.

Medvedev, who was president from 2008-2012, erstwhile projected the representation of a wide pro-Western moderniser, but has emerged arsenic 1 of the astir outspoken anti-Western hawks since the commencement of Russia's warfare successful Ukraine successful 2022.

The minerals statement was reached astatine a clip erstwhile the U.S. says it is increasing progressively frustrated by the nonaccomplishment of Moscow and Kyiv to travel to the array for bid talks.

Moscow says it is acceptable for nonstop talks with Ukraine and is unfastened to a long-lasting bid settlement, but that the issues astatine involvement are truthful analyzable that the process cannot beryllium rushed.

Kyiv says it advocates an contiguous unconditional ceasefire for astatine slightest 30 days. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said helium agrees successful principle, but that determination are galore issues that request to beryllium clarified earlier that tin happen.

Putin has announced a three-day ceasefire for May 8-10, erstwhile Russia volition clasp celebrations to people the 80th day of triumph implicit Nazi Germany successful World War Two.

The Kremlin has said that Russia has tremendous mineral wealthiness itself and has held retired the imaginable of imaginable practice deals with the U.S. successful the Arctic and elsewhere. It has yet to remark connected the Ukrainian minerals deal.

Sergei Markov, a erstwhile Kremlin adviser, said helium thought the woody betwixt Washington and Kyiv would marque it harder for Russia to execute its goals successful Ukraine done bid talks due to the fact that Trump had acceptable up a mechanics to "justify" caller spending connected the war.

"The U.S. is opening to spot itself arsenic a benignant of co-owner of Ukraine. Therefore, it volition instrumentality a presumption that it considers pro-Ukrainian," Markov forecast.

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)