While Ukraine fights for its survival, this economic agreement will shape its future.

In the latest episode of the Ukraine the Possible podcast, we analyze the complex "mineral deal" between the U.S. and Ukraine — an arrangement that links future natural wealth to the promise of aid. We examine the questions surrounding the deal's transparency and the long-term control over national resources.

Is this a necessary path to reconstruction, or does it risk locking Ukraine into a long-term cycle of resource extractivism? Listen now to understand the true cost of this partnership.

Authored by Vitalii Atanasov from Kyiv.