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Ukraine open to exchanging minerals for US military aid, says Zelenskyy (www.theguardian.com)

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Hollowing out his country on two fronts.

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[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How will the western powers receive the compensation that they think is owed to them if what remains of Ukraine is absorbed by the surrounding NATO countries?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

These countries would still mine the resources, and in fact this is a strong incentive for them to do land grabs as it would be seen as a way to bring economic growth by developing these regions. Powers like US would of course prefer a rump Ukraine where they could do this on the cheap, but they might not have the pull at this point to stop the partitioning.