Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal is seen on a screen during press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal that will closely tie the two countries together for years to come.

President Donald Trump says Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a critical minerals deal. Trump made the announcement Wednesday at start of his first Cabinet meeting.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Washington to sign a deal on rare earth minerals on Friday, Donald Trump has said.The US president said Washington would get “a lot of money” back from Ukraine under the deal,

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday there would be a need for "some form of peacekeeping" in Ukraine following a peace deal.

New estimates for the cost of rebuilding battered Ukraine have reached £413 billion - roughy the same amount as Austria's GDP and more than 120 times higher than the UN's 2025 budget

Russia does not stop in its attempts to leave Ukraine without its own gas, firing missiles at production facilities almost daily. — Ukrinform.

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have reached an "Arms-for-Minerals" agreement as Ukraine continues to seek support in its war against Russia. Trump announced that Zelenskyy would visit the White House on Friday to formalize a critical minerals deal.