“I won’t agree to even a 10-cent debt repayment in this deal with the US. It’s not about a lack of gratitude—we are grateful. But this was a grant,” — Zelensky commented on the rare earth deal in a Wednesday press conference. “There is no $500 billion debt in the agreement with the US — nor $350 billion, nor $100 billion. That would be unfair to us,” he added.