U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, Officials Say
President Trump, who had insisted he wanted “payback” for past military aid to Kyiv, suggested President Volodymyr Zelensky would visit Washington this week to sign an agreement, which he called a “very big deal.”
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