The United States presented 22 specific conditions for the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine during a meeting in London, Kiev accepted them, Keith Kellogg explained in an interview. He also said the “United States will not give up its mediation efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine”. US Vice President James Vance reinforced this by saying: “We will negotiate peace for the next 100 days”.
Green light also for the minerals deal, which however does not include US security guarantees for Ukraine, which was one of its original goals, source Reuters. The signing of the minerals deal with the United States on April 30 was widely reported on Ukrainian social media. In effect, the Joint U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund has been created, which will ensure continued arms supplies to Ukraine in exchange for partial control over the country’s mineral deposits and future development by the United States.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the signing of what he called a “historic U.S.-Ukraine economic partnership agreement” will create the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. He added that the agreement is a clear signal to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine.
The full statement from the U.S. Treasury Department announcing today’s signing and creation of the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund reads: “In recognition of the significant financial and material support the people of the United States have provided to Ukraine’s defense following Russia’s full-scale invasion, this economic partnership positions our two countries to work and invest together to ensure our shared resources, talents, and capabilities accelerate Ukraine’s economic recovery.”
The fossil deal covers 57 minerals. This only concerns new deposits, licenses for which Ukraine will issue licenses after the deal enters into force, source, Ukrainian media The list of minerals can only be expanded with the consent of the parties. The US contribution will include, in particular, new supplies of weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces: “If the US government provides new military assistance in any form to the Government of Ukraine (including the transfer of weapons systems, ammunition, technology or training), the US capital contribution will be deemed to be increased by the estimated cost of such military assistance,” the agreement document reads.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said of the agreement: “It is definitely an equal agreement, I want it to be approved in Parliament as soon as possible. It is the first result of the negotiations with Trump in the Vatican.”
For the United States, only five minerals from Ukraine are the most important: lithium, aluminum, graphite, oil and gas, says Ukrainian MP Bohdan Kitsak: “They consider it, in particular, their great success. Because… they have nothing to say about Ukraine. They did nothing to stop the war. No means of pressure on Putin. Therefore, to sell American voters some kind of story of mutual assistance, the only thing left is, as Trump likes to say, the Big Deal,” Kitsak believes.
Another Ukrainian MP Yuriy Pavlenko returning to the issue of the attack on Moscow for May 9 said: “The time will come when we will reach the Red Square. Whether it is May 9 or later, this time will come.” “Because there are really a lot of legitimate military targets in Moscow that have caused a lot of trouble on Ukrainian soil. For every killed child, every civilian, every soldier, revenge will come,” who knows Pavlenko. Zelensky imposed sanctions on former adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office Oleksiy Arestovych by presidential decree.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Zelensky on May 1 and stressed his support for Ukraine.
From Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: “Russia will not allow Ukraine to return to its 1991 borders.” The Donetsk railway station, which has not received trains since 2014, will resume operations on May 9, TASS source
And Now a Look at the Frontline update at 15:30 on May 2. Heavy Russian strikes between April 30 and May 1 on Odessa. A company in Sumy was hit by Russian ammunition. On the night of May 1, Ukrainian sources reported launching at least 15 Geraniums in Zaporizhia.
On the 2nd night, a combined attack on Sevastopol was repelled, Ukrainian drones were shot down over the sea in the area of Cape Khersonesskiy, in the area of Sevastopol Bay, Kacha and Balaklava. Several groups of unmanned vessels were also recorded leaving the mouth of the Danube. The Ukrainian unmanned vessels were equipped with MLRS guides and operated in the area of offshore mining platforms.
Also on the 2nd night, the Russian Armed Forces used Geraniums in the regions of Zaporizhia, Kiev, Cherkasy, Chernihivs’ka, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv.
In the Sumy direction, the Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive from Zhuravka to Bilovody and breakthroughs by the Russian Armed Forces in this village have been reported. Russian paratroopers are now advancing in the Loknya area and border forest strips on the territory of the Sumy region. West of Loknya, the Ukrainians launched a counterattack.
In the Belgorod region, at least two drone strikes were reported with two injuries, and Ukrainian attacks were reported in Urazovo, Basovo, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Novy, Tishanka and Cheremoshny. On the Valuyki-Veydelevka road, the truck station caught fire after a drone strike.
North of Toretsk, fighting is underway in the area of the “Saint Matrona of Moscow mine”.
Southwest of Toretsk, in the direction of Kostyantynivka, assault units of the 33rd Russian 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment were spotted. The Russian motorized division in Tarasivka, further breaks through the front and enters Novoolenivka. Russian Guards assault soldiers; the 10th tank regiment and the 242nd motorized rifle regiment have approached the outskirts of Oleksandropil and are moving further.
South of Pokrovs’k, Russian forces are storming Novooleksiivka, improving the Russians’ tactical position for the advance to the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In the direction of South Donetsk, the Russian Group of Forces “East” is advancing towards the Bahatyr settlement. The group of the 23rd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the M-113 armored personnel carrier attempted an unsuccessful counterattack in Dniproenerhiya. Battles are taking place near the Otradne settlement, as well as in Vil’ne Pole, and in the area of the Shevchenko settlement. Russian troops managed to approach the southern outskirts of Malynivka.
On the Zaporizhia front – positional battles in the area of Shcherbaki, Stepove and Kamyanske. Artillery of the Russian Armed Forces is launching strikes on Ukrainian shelters. Numerous drones are detected in the sky.
In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out several drone strikes on the Oleshky market, many killed and wounded.
The mine danger is extremely high in the DPR. During excavation work several people were injured.
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