Who would have thought that after Russian invasion it's Ukraine that will likely have to pay reparations...

To the USA.



> President Zelensky himself proposed the idea of giving the US a direct stake in Ukraine’s rare earth elements and critical minerals(...)

> He probably did not expect to be confronted with terms normally imposed on aggressor states defeated in war. They are worse than the financial penalties imposed on Germany and Japan after their defeat in 1945. Both countries were ultimately net recipients of funds from the victorious allies.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/17/revealed-trump-confidential-plan-ukraine-stranglehold/