According to the Financial Times report, Ukraine has secured more favorable terms and framed the deal as a way to strengthen ties with the U.S.
President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s office confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that an agreement has been reached.
Ukraine has reached an agreement with the U.S. on a minerals deal, Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and justice minister, told the Financial Times on Feb. 25.
The negotiations around the deal have fueled tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and Zelensky in the past week.
Key developments on Feb. 25:
- Ukraine, US reach agreement on minerals deal
- Russia’s war objectives ‘not yet achieved,’ Kremlin’s ambassador says
- Reclaiming occupied territories possible but ‘not easy’ for Ukraine, Trump claims
- Ukraine needs $524 billion for recovery, reconstruction after 3 years of Russia’s full-scale war
- Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery halts operations
