Member of the European Parliament from the Polish anti-Ukrainian party "Confederation," Anna Brylka, stated that assistance to Ukraine "comes at a cost," and that Poland should have received from Ukraine a "guarantee of repayment" for the aid provided.
According to "European Pravda," this was reported in a publication by Onet.
Brylka spoke on radio ZET, where a discussion unfolded regarding the war in Ukraine and the assistance Poland is providing. She claimed that Donald Trump's current actions are driven by an expectation of payment for the aid given to Ukraine. According to her, in exchange for security guarantees, Americans expect access to rare earth metals.
When asked whether this constitutes neocolonialism, Brylka replied that it does not. She emphasized that it pertains to the conditionality of aid provision.
"Aid comes at a cost," Brylka stated. In this context, she emphasized that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Poland, while assisting Kyiv, should have received a "guarantee of repayment" for the aid provided from Ukraine.
Brylka expressed the view that the economic presence of the United States is a guarantee of Ukraine's security.
Recall that, according to Bloomberg, Ukraine has rejected the United States' demand for the creation of a $500 billion fund, which would be part of an agreement to provide Washington with a share of the country's mineral resources.
This fund was supposed to compensate the U.S. for the aid it has provided to combat Russian aggression. Ukraine claims that the actual amount of aid allocated is roughly five times less.
According to one source from the agency, the parties need more time to finalize the deal, as the current project proposed by the U.S. contains some questionable elements, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not ready to approve it.
U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring Zelensky to accept the agreement. On Saturday, he stated that the two countries are "very close" to reaching an agreement.
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