US and Ukraine sign first joint mineral extraction deal

The agreement involves ~$30 million investment in a platform by Ukrainian entrepreneur Gennady Butkevich. The project will develop deposits of uranium, beryllium, zirconium, and rare earth elements.

Ukraine will transfer half of the income from new projects to a joint fund, with US military aid potentially counted as Washington's contribution. The second half of revenues will go to America to repay debt previously taken for weapons.

@Slavyangrad