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Washington and Kyiv are in the final stages of talks to strike a pact that would see the US provide security guarantees for Ukraine in exchange for a cut of the war-hit country’s natural mineral resources, the Ukrainian deputy prime minister said.
A draft text of the agreement would see the US will commit to a “free, sovereign and secure” Ukraine and a “lasting peace” as part of the minerals deal, Bloomberg reported.
The reports came after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the deal in the Financial Times, saying it was not economic coercion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — who is trying to salvage his relationship with US President Donald Trump — said Sunday that “we are ready to share,” adding that he would resign in exchange for peace and NATO membership for Ukraine.
Meanwhile, officials from Moscow and Washington are set to meet for a second time in Saudi Arabia this week to discuss an end to the conflict.