Ukraine, Russia react to controversial US minerals sharing deal

The U.S. and Ukrainian governments touted the signing of a arguable minerals sharing woody arsenic a launchpad for expansive bilateral economical practice -- and arsenic a awesome of America's semipermanent concern successful a escaped Ukraine.

American and Ukrainian representatives signed the accord successful Washington, D.C., connected Wednesday aft months of tense negotiations, President Donald Trump agelong having framed the connection arsenic means to recoup much than $100 cardinal worthy of assistance fixed to Kyiv since Russia launched its penetration 3 years ago.

"This concern allows the United States to put alongside Ukraine to unlock Ukraine's maturation assets, mobilize American talent, superior and governance standards that volition amended Ukraine's concern clime and accelerate Ukraine's economical recovery," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said successful a video announcing the deal.

Details of the statement were aboriginal shared online by immoderate members of Ukraine's parliament, with Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal expected to contiguous the woody to the assemblage -- known arsenic the Rada -- connected Thursday. Shmyhal this week previewed immoderate parts of the agreement, saying it would not undermine Ukraine's imaginable for accession to the European Union.

The draught published by lawmakers does not see immoderate explicit U.S. information guarantees -- agelong 1 of Kyiv's superior demands. However, the statement "guarantees caller deliveries of American weapons, including aerial defence systems -- their outgo volition beryllium credited to a associated fund," according to Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Thursday that the woody "marks an important milestone successful Ukraine-U.S. strategical concern aimed astatine strengthening Ukraine’s system and security."

Podolyak said the woody meant "Moscow has lost: Putin’s effort to connection the U.S. a involvement successful the occupied Donbas’ mineral wealthiness has failed. We are strengthening alliances, securing resources to proceed our absorption and forcing the satellite to spot Ukraine arsenic an adjacent player."

"To sum up, the cardinal result of this statement is that the world’s starring powerfulness has go a co-investor successful Ukraine," Podolyak wrote.

The woody volition request to beryllium ratified by the Ukrainian parliament, members of which suggested connected Thursday it was excessively aboriginal to afloat measure the agreement.

"Judging by the connection of the premier minister, it is amended than the archetypal version," Oleksandr Merezhko, a lawmaker representing Zelenskyy's enactment and the seat of the parliament's overseas affairs committee, told ABC News.

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"It seems similar we person managed to dodge Trump's thought to crook the previously-provided U.S. subject and worldly assistance into Ukrainian debts," helium added.

The lawmaker suggested it was excessively aboriginal to accidental whether the woody represented a triumph for some Kyiv and Washington.

"It seems similar Trump enactment unit connected america successful an effort to get a triumph successful his archetypal 100 days successful office," Merezhko said. "The devil is successful the details. But politically determination are upsides. First, we person improved relations with Trump for whom it's a win."

Other members of parliament suggested that ratification would not beryllium immediate. "I would truly similar to spot the last papers of the agreement," lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko wrote connected Telegram.

Lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak, meanwhile, suggested it whitethorn instrumentality until mid-May for the parliament to ballot connected the minerals statement -- "and that's lone if everything is submitted to the Rada connected time," helium wrote connected Telegram.

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In Russia, Dmitry Medvedev -- the erstwhile president and premier curate present serving arsenic the lawman president of the Russian Security Council -- framed the woody arsenic a decision for Kyiv.

"Trump has breached the Kyiv authorities into paying for American assistance with minerals," Medvedev -- who done Russia's penetration of Ukraine has go known for his hawkish statements -- wrote connected Telegram. "Now they volition person to wage for subject supplies with the nationalist wealthiness of a disappearing country," helium wrote.

Nonetheless, Bessent said the statement "clearly to Russian enactment that the Trump medication is committed to a bid process centered connected a free, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine implicit the agelong term, it's clip for this cruel and senseless warfare to extremity the sidesplitting indispensable stop."

Bessent besides said this woody was due to the fact that of "President Trump's tireless efforts to unafraid a lasting peace."

ABC News' Oleksiy Pshemyskiy, Nataliia Popova and Michelle Stoddart contributed to this report.

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