A leaked document reportedly outlines President Trump’s demand for a $500 billion “payback” from Ukraine in any negotiated peace deal to end the war with Russia.
According to the Telegraph, which has viewed the confidential document, that price includes some level of control over Ukraine’s ports, infrastructure, oil, gas, and critical minerals.
The draft contract, dated February 7, 2025, proposes a U.S.-Ukraine joint investment fund to ensure reconstruction benefits exclude hostile parties. With it, Ukraine would cede 50% of resource extraction revenues and new license values to the U.S.
It is unclear if there have been any counteroffers or further negotiations since the 7th. But news of the proposal is reportedly causing “panic” among Ukrainian officials and in Europe.
“The terms of the contract that landed at Volodymyr Zelensky’s office a week ago amount to the US economic colonization of Ukraine, in legal perpetuity,” the Telegraph claims.
“It implies a burden of reparations that cannot possibly be achieved. The document has caused consternation and panic in Kyiv.”
Panic in Kyiv as Donald Trump asks for Ukraine to pay back the money we gave them.
