09:52 – The mineral agreement signed this Thursday
The framework agreement which is to be signed this Thursday relates to the United States access to the resources of the Ukrainian subsoil, required by Donald Trump in compensation for military and financial aid paid for three years. A common investment fund in metals, hydrocarbons and investments is in particular part of the deal. If the text does not really provide security guarantees for kyiv, the common investment in the country’s resources should make it possible to reassure Ukraine on American involvement in the project, especially in terms of security and stability. “I do not think that anyone will seek trouble if we are (in Ukraine) with many workers” to exploit ores, has already assured Donald Trump.
09:49 – Trump changes your tone and ensures having “a lot of respect” for Zelensky
After qualifying the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as “dictator”, Donald Trump tried to minimize his words, sporting a much more conventional posture with regard to his counterpart. Indeed, this Thursday, the tone of the American president was very different from that adopted these money days vis-à-vis Ukraine. “I said that? (…) I can’t believe I said that. The following question,” he said this Thursday. He also said he had “a lot of respect” for Zelensky. The framework agreement on Ukrainian strategic ores, coupled with successive reframing of Europeans could also explain this new position by Donald Trump.
02/27/25 – 23:30 – The Ukrainian economy would largely benefit from a stop of the fighting
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (BERD) estimates that the Ukrainian economy could grow by 5% in 2026 if “a fighting agreement is concluded this year”. In 2024, Ukrainian GDP increased by 3%. By way of comparison, that of France increased by 1.1%, according to INSEE.
02/27/25 – 22:34 – For Donald Trump, the truce must take place “soon”, or “will not take place”
“I think we have made a lot of progress and I think it is progressing fairly quickly,” said the American president. Donald Trump estimated, concerning the truce between Russia and Ukraine: “Either it will soon be, or it will not take place at all,” he added alongside the British Prime Minister at a press conference at the White House.