#BreakingNews

#Ukraine & the #UnitedStates have agreed to a framework for an expansive #minerals deal, acc/to a Ukrainian ofcl & another person familiar w/the matter. The White House has not confirmed the agreement has not commented.

The #Trump admin has pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky to repay US #war #aid with such an agreement, amid broader pressure to come to a *peace* deal w/ #Russia.

#extortion #WarProfiteering #authoritarianism #geopolitics #USpol #StandWithUkraine