Zelenskyy says minerals deal with US represents an 'equal partnership'
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National"}, {'start': '15.519', 'end': '19.030', 'text': 'correspondent Utra Elnar reports from'}, {'start': '17.840', 'end': '22.560', 'text': 'Washington.'}, {'start': '19.030', 'end': '24.400', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '26.320', 'text': 'After months of back and forth on a'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '28.400', 'text': 'mineral sharing deal, including this'}, {'start': '26.320', 'end': '30.240', 'text': 'infamous blow up in the Oval Office,'}, {'start': '28.400', 'end': '32.239', 'text': "we're in no position to dictate. The"}, {'start': '30.240', 'end': '34.399', 'text': 'Trump administration and Ukraine have'}, {'start': '32.239', 'end': '36.239', 'text': 'put pen to paper. This partnership'}, {'start': '34.399', 'end': '38.320', 'text': 'represents the United States taking an'}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '40.320', 'text': 'economic stake in securing a free,'}, {'start': '38.320', 'end': '42.719', 'text': 'peaceful, and sovereign future for'}, {'start': '40.320', 'end': '45.520', 'text': 'Ukraine. This partnership establishes a'}, {'start': '42.719', 'end': '47.520', 'text': 'fund that will receive 50% of royalties,'}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '49.360', 'text': 'license fees, and other similar payments'}, {'start': '47.520', 'end': '51.760', 'text': 'from natural resource projects in'}, {'start': '49.360', 'end': '54.239', 'text': 'Ukraine. Importantly, the new agreement'}, {'start': '51.760', 'end': '57.120', 'text': 'does not include US security guarantees'}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '59.199', 'text': 'for Ukraine. Instead, future US military'}, {'start': '57.120', 'end': '60.960', 'text': 'assistance to Ukraine would count as a'}, {'start': '59.199', 'end': '62.559', 'text': 'fund investment. The Trump'}, {'start': '60.960', 'end': '64.879', 'text': 'administration, which so far has'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '67.119', 'text': 'struggled to get Russia to commit to any'}, {'start': '64.879', 'end': '68.960', 'text': 'concrete steps toward peace, says this'}, {'start': '67.119', 'end': '71.040', 'text': 'deal will send a strong message to the'}, {'start': '68.960', 'end': '73.920', 'text': 'Kremlin. The Trump administration is'}, {'start': '71.040', 'end': '76.479', 'text': 'committed to a peace process centered on'}, {'start': '73.920', 'end': '79.280', 'text': 'a free, sovereign, and prosperous'}, {'start': '76.479', 'end': '81.040', 'text': 'Ukraine over the long term.'}, {'start': '79.280', 'end': '82.960', 'text': 'But just hours after the deal was'}, {'start': '81.040', 'end': '84.880', 'text': 'signed, Ukrainian officials reported'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '87.119', 'text': 'deadly Russian drone strikes in their'}, {'start': '84.880', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'southern port city of Odessa. Russia'}, {'start': '87.119', 'end': '91.680', 'text': 'mocking Ukraine over the deal. Russian'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '93.920', 'text': 'Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitri'}, {'start': '91.680', 'end': '95.840', 'text': 'Medvidev saying now the country that is'}, {'start': '93.920', 'end': '97.759', 'text': 'about to disappear will have to use its'}, {'start': '95.840', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'national wealth to pay for military'}, {'start': '97.759', 'end': '102.159', 'text': 'supplies. For the most part, Republicans'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '104.320', 'text': 'appetite for approving additional'}, {'start': '102.159', 'end': '107.119', 'text': 'Ukraine funding has essentially dried'}, {'start': '104.320', 'end': '110.159', 'text': "up. So for now, this may be Ukraine's"}, {'start': '107.119', 'end': '112.320', 'text': 'only avenue for American military aid.'}, {'start': '110.159', 'end': '115.280', 'text': 'The White House staying focused on what'}, {'start': '112.320', 'end': '117.280', 'text': "the US stands to gain. It's meant to pay"}, {'start': '115.280', 'end': '119.520', 'text': 'back the United States. This is the key'}, {'start': '117.280', 'end': '121.680', 'text': 'point for the hundreds of billions of'}, {'start': '119.520', 'end': '123.759', 'text': 'dollars that our taxpayers have spent'}, {'start': '121.680', 'end': '126.320', 'text': 'subsidizing the war in Ukraine. But the'}, {'start': '123.759', 'end': '128.479', 'text': "US isn't expected to profit for at least"}, {'start': '126.320', 'end': '130.959', 'text': 'a decade according to the terms of the'}, {'start': '128.479', 'end': '133.120', 'text': 'deal. It takes years and a lot of'}, {'start': '130.959', 'end': '134.760', 'text': 'capital to survey rare earth mineral'}, {'start': '133.120', 'end': '136.720', 'text': 'reserves and build mining'}, {'start': '134.760', 'end': '138.959', 'text': "infrastructure. Ukraine's parliament"}, {'start': '136.720', 'end': '140.800', 'text': 'will soon decide whether to ratify the'}, {'start': '138.959', 'end': '142.720', 'text': 'deal. A deal that could give Ukraine'}, {'start': '140.800', 'end': '145.280', 'text': 'some muchneeded leverage over a'}, {'start': '142.720', 'end': '148.400', 'text': "relentless Russia. In Washington, I'm"}, {'start': '145.280', 'end': '148.400', 'text': 'Atel Nashar reporting.'}]