Ukraine and the US have announced they have reached a "historic" minerals deal following months of sometimes fraught negotiations.
Previous versions of the deal presented by Donald Trump’s negotiators insisted that Ukraine pay back the aid the US had given it over the last three years of war. The latest version, according to Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmyhal, no longer makes that demand.
In Washington on Wednesday, the two countries said they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine's reconstruction, with a draft saying Washington would get preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals.
The agreement will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction.
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