
Ukraineโs prime minister disclosed the details of a draft minerals deal with the United States on Wednesday, saying its wording showed Washington backed Kyivโs effort to get security guarantees, but touting nothing more concrete for now.
The deal is at the heart of Kyivโs push to win over Donald Trumpโs robust support as the U.S. president strives to reach a rapid end toย the war with Russiaย thatย Ukraineโs supporters fear could come at the expense of its national interests.

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Denys Shmyhal,ย Ukraineโs prime minister, said the government would authorize the draft agreement later on Wednesday so it could be signed, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expected toย visit Washingtonย on Friday to meet Trump.
He said: โAfter the Ukrainian president and the U.S. president agree on security guarantees, agree on how we tie this preliminary agreement to security guarantees from the United States for our country, in the presence of (both) presidents, a representative of the Ukrainian government will sign this preliminary agreement.โ
The prime minister, outlining the draft in televised comments, said Kyiv would contribute 50 per cent of โall proceeds received from the future monetization of all relevant state-owned natural resource assets and relevant infrastructure.โ
Those proceeds would go into a fund under the joint control of the United States andย Ukraine, he said.
โAlready existing deposits, facilities, licences and rents are not subject to discussion when creating this fund,โ he added.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa and Max Hunder; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Louise Heavens)