2025-02-27
10 分钟Welcome to the world in 10 in an increasingly uncertain world.
This is the Times daily podcast dedicated to global security Today with me,
Alex Dibble and Toby Gillis.
A framework of an agreement between the US
And Ukraine giving America access to Ukraine's huge hoard of rare earth minerals,
which Donald Trump says will be worth trillions of dollars, is in place,
but it does not include specific security guarantees
for Ukraine after the war with Russia concludes.
Vladimir Zelensky says he has, though secured a sentence on security guarantees in the agreement,
which he hopes will lead to further deals between the two nations in the future.
Our guest today is the Times Assistant US Editor, David Charter.
David, what do we know about the agreements at this moment in time?
Well, we haven't seen the final draft that the Ukrainians have agreed to.
They rejected earlier drafts because the conditions were rather onerous for them.
And also there was no reference at all to security guarantees.
It appears that when we do see the final draft,
there will be not an explicit reference to specific security guarantees by America.
But it's going to be implicit, I think,
in the fact that America will want to exploit and safeguard its economic interests in Ukraine.
And therein lies the form of wording I think that we'll get on security guarantees.