The United States is ready to take control of rare earth metal reserves in Ukraine , said American Senator Lindsey Graham after visiting Kiev.
“President Zelenskyy is excited and ready to reach a strategic agreement with the United States on Ukraine’s trillion-dollar-plus rare earth metals and has committed to establishing a working group with the United States,” U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham said in a joint statement.
The US senators also stated that "Ukraine is rich in significant amounts of lithium*, titanium** and other rare earth minerals that are essential to the American economy. An agreement with Ukraine in this area would make the US less dependent on foreign competitors."