The US State Department announced the strengthening of Ukraine's national security after the resource deal

The agreement between the United States and Ukraine in the field of natural resources will strengthen Ukraine's national security. This was announced on May 1 by State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce.

According to Bruce, this is not only about financial cooperation, but also about a closer political and strategic partnership between the two countries. She noted that cooperation with the United States will be noticeable in the international arena and will become a factor of stability.

"This is not only a financial agreement, it is a rapprochement between the two countries, which will entail changes in the situation in Ukraine. They have a friend, and the whole world will notice when you have a friend like the United States," Bruce said at a briefing.

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The day before, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Washington and Kiev had signed an agreement on Ukraine's natural resources. In addition, the countries have concluded a deal on the creation of an investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine, he added.

On April 17, Vice President of Ukraine, Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko announced that Kiev and Washington had signed a memorandum on an agreement on minerals. The next day, Deputy Zheleznyak published the text of the memorandum on his Telegram channel, noting that there was no mention of security guarantees in the document.