While Ukraine has said it agreed to the deal, President Donald Trump did not confirm the U.S. had agreed yet, instead saying he had heard Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Ukraine on Wednesday signed an agreement granting American access to Ukraine’s vast mineral resources, finalizing a deal months in the making that could enable ...

Trump, 78, insisted that the US should have access to Ukraine’s natural resources regardless of whether a peace deal between Russia and the former Soviet state can be successfully negotiated ...

The deal is expected to give the US access to Ukraine’s valuable rare earth minerals while providing Kyiv assurance about continued American support in its war with Russia.

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U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, ... of Ukraine had repeatedly pressed for security guarantees for his country in exchange for mineral rights, as Russia’s war has entered its fourth year.

The opening of White House-facilitated talks on peace in Ukraine came after Trump officials signaled potential terms for a deal in the lead-up to, and during, the Munich Security Conference in ...

Ukraine also has lithium, graphite and manganese, which are used in electric vehicle batteries.After Kyiv felt the initial U.S. draft of the deal disproportionately favored American interests, it ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Ukraine on Wednesday signed an agreement granting American access to Ukraine’s vast mineral resources, finalizing a deal months in the making that could enable ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered to step down as president of Ukraine if his nation was offered NATO membership as the U.S. pushes for him to sign a mineral deal.

Ukraine and the United States have agreed to terms on a deal relating to critical minerals and other resources, according to a senior Ukrainian official. Officials familiar with the negotiations ...