US in ‘Final Stages’ of Agreeing to Ukraine Minerals Deal: Kyiv

Trump has pushed for a deal on Ukraine’s $500 billion in rare earth minerals, but some say the estimated value is based on old data and exaggerated.

Then-former President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York on Sept. 27, 2024. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

Kyiv and the United States are in the final stages of negotiating a minerals deal, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on Feb. 24.

The deal is seen as key to ending the three-year Russia–Ukraine conflict, with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy having previously stressed that any such deal must involve concrete security guarantees.