Ukraine Has Critical Mineral Reserves worth 10-12 trillion dollars, the Ukrainians are sitting on a gold mine. We cannot afford Vladimir Putin to win the war.
U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told CBS News. According to him, Russia will share these valuable reserves with China if it wins the war against the Ukrainians, and the US should not allow such a scenario.
„Let's find a solution to this war. The Ukrainians are sitting on a gold mine and giving Putin $10-12 trillion in minerals to share with China would be ridiculous. "Ukraine may be the best business partner we've ever dreamed of," said Lindsey Graham.
„Putin wants to restore the Russian Empire. He will not stop in Ukraine. We are not talking here about NATO, not about American weapons in Ukraine, but about a megalomaniac who wants to create the Russian Empire by force of arms. If you don't stop it, then Taiwan will follow,” said the US senator, commenting on the possibility of China invading Taiwan.
The South Carolina Republican underscored the importance of supporting Ukraine, saying he supports U.S. training of Ukrainian forces in Ukraine, which Volodymyr Zelensky recently requested. Graham added that “now is the time to give them the F-16, let them fly those planes, long-range artillery, to hit targets in Russia”. According to the senator, in the summer the military initiative may pass to Kiev.
„If we help Ukraine now, they can become the best business partner we've ever dreamed of,” Graham said, commenting on Ukraine's mineral reserves. “This is a very big deal – what will happen to ukraine. Let's help them win a war we can't afford to lose, he added.