Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday mocked a new U.S.-Ukraine investment deal as forcing Kyiv to pay for military aid with its natural resources, calling Ukraine a “vanishing country.

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that the signing of a minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States meant U.S. President Donald Trump had forced Kyiv to pay for future U.

Senior Russian official Dmitry Medvedev criticized a new U.S.-Ukraine minerals agreement, claiming it forces Kyiv to pay for future U.S. military aid with natural resources. The deal, signed in Washington,