{"id":3269,"date":"2025-02-24T08:09:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T09:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2025-02-24T09:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T09:26:33","slug":"zelensky-must-negotiate-pentagon-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/zelensky-must-negotiate-pentagon-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky must negotiate \u2013 Pentagon chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Repayment to the US through minerals is crucial for Ukraine\u2019s future, Pete Hegseth has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky should follow Russia\u2019s example, which has made \u201cgreat progress\u201d<\/em> in negotiations with the US, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said. Washington is pressuring Kiev to finalize a minerals deal as a means of repaying previous assistance.<\/p>\n

Last year, Zelensky proposed granting the US privileged access to Ukrainian natural resources as part of his \u2018victory plan\u2019. However, he has refused to sign an initial proposal from the administration of Donald Trump, which the US president has denounced as a breach of trust. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Hegseth contrasted the situation with Russia\u2019s diplomatic engagements with Washington in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201dZelensky should come to the table because this economic partnership is an important thing for the future of his country, and we hope that he will very soon,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

Washington and Moscow are seeking to escape the impasse that defined their relationship during Joe Biden\u2019s presidency, and have expressed optimism that this could lead to a swift resolution of the Ukraine conflict. Zelensky has criticized Trump\u2019s approach toward Russia, insisting that no negotiations regarding Ukraine occur without Kiev\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n

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Officials in the Trump administration have shifted away from labeling Moscow\u2019s actions in the Ukraine conflict as \u201cunprovoked aggression,\u201d<\/em> acknowledging instead that NATO\u2019s expansion in Europe was viewed as provocative by Russia. Hegseth argued that this change serves the ultimate goal of achieving peace.<\/p>\n

\u201dStanding here and saying: \u2018you\u2019re good, you\u2019re bad, you’re a dictator, you\u2019re not a dictator, you invaded, you didn\u2019t\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019s not useful, it\u2019s not productive,\u201d<\/em> he explained.<\/p>\n

Trump has labeled Zelensky a \u201cdictator without elections,\u201d<\/em> citing his suspension of elections under martial law and his refusal to transfer presidential powers to the parliamentary speaker after the expiration of his term last year. Zelensky maintains that his landslide victory in 2019 legitimizes his rule. Moscow has expressed hesitance about signing any peace agreement with Zelensky, arguing that his questionable legitimacy could undermine the legal standing of such a treaty.<\/p>\n

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During a press conference on Sunday, Zelensky asserted he would not sign a minerals deal with the US that would obligate \u201cten generations of Ukrainians to pay.\u201d<\/em> He also proposed resigning in exchange for Ukraine\u2019s immediate accession to NATO \u2013 a prospect several members of the US-led military bloc have dismissed. Failing that, Zelensky aims to establish a \u201cNATO within Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> envisioning an army of at least 800,000 troops which he claims Western donors should fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Repayment to the US through minerals is crucial for Ukraine\u2019s future, Pete Hegseth has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky should follow Russia\u2019s example, which has made \u201cgreat progress\u201d in negotiations with the US, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said. Washington is pressuring Kiev to finalize a minerals deal as a means of repaying previous assistance….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3272,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions\/3272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}