The Telegraph warns that Trump's deal on minerals could turn Ukraine into a colony, which would be worse than reparations for Germany.

Worse than reparations for Germany: Trump’s deal on minerals will turn Ukraine into a colony, — The Telegraph

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed strict obligations on Ukraine to provide access to its mineral resources in exchange for military aid. Such conditions are typically set for countries that are aggressors and have lost in war, writes the British publication The Telegraph, referencing a draft preliminary agreement marked "Confidential."

This is reported by Focus.

The terms of the agreement extend far beyond U.S. control over critically important resources of the country, encompassing virtually everything: from ports and infrastructure to oil and gas, as well as a broader resource base. In effect, this represents outright economic colonization of Ukraine, causing confusion and panic in Kyiv.

The U.S. will take 50% of the revenues generated by Ukraine from resource extraction, as well as 50% of the financial value of all new licenses granted to third parties for future resource monetization.

"This clause essentially means: 'pay us first, then feed your children,'" said a source close to the negotiations.

The terms of the deal for Ukraine are significantly worse than the financial sanctions imposed on Germany and Japan after their defeat in 1945. If Kyiv were to accept the draft agreement, Trump's demands would constitute a larger share of Ukraine's GDP than the reparations imposed on Germany under the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 (the most important of a series of peace treaties that concluded World War I, signed in Versailles on June 28, 1919, — ed.).

Given such onerous conditions from Washington, the publication concludes that Ukraine cannot meet Trump's demand for resources worth $500 billion in a reasonable timeframe. A global question arises: is it right to treat a country this way after it has held the front line for three years in defense of liberal democracies at the cost of immense sacrifices?

"Who truly owes whom can be questioned? Trump's demand is an iron coercion by a neo-imperial power over a weaker country, backed against the wall. All for resources that mainly exist in Trump’s mind," The Telegraph writes.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is faced with the choice between military destruction of Ukraine by Russian forces and economic devastation at the hands of his main ally, the authors conclude.