Ukraine says he hopes to sign American minerals within 24 hours star-news.press/wp

Ukraine is willing to sign an agreement that would now give access to their valuable rare minerals in the hope of ensuring the continuation of US Support Kyiv in its grind war with Russia, high Ukrainian officials.

Ukraine Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko, on Wednesday he sent to Washington to achieve an agreement, the Prime Minister of the Earth he said live in the air during the National Teletech.

For Ukraine, the agreement is seen as key to the insurance of its approach to future US military assistance.

“Indeed, this is a strategic job to create an investmentary fund”, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Ukrainian television. “This is really equal to a good international involvement in joint investments in the development and renovation of Ukraine between the United States and Ukraine governments.”

U.S. President Donald Trump showed that he wanted access to rare earth materials in Ukraine as a condition for the continuation of American support in the war, describing him as compensation for billions of dollars in Kyiv. But the talks were stopped after the stretch meeting of the oval office between U.S. and Ukrainian leaders and achieved an agreement since then proved difficult and tense relations between Washington and Kiev.

It was not immediately clear whether the Trump administration was ready to finalize the contract on Wednesday.

The US is seeking more than 20 raw materials that are strategically critical for its interests, including Ukraine deposits, which is used to make aircraft wings and other aviation energy, nuclear energy, medical equipment and weapons. Ukraine also has lithium, graphite and manganese used to make electric vehicle batteries.

Once Kyiv felt the initial draft of the draft contract disproportionately favored American interests, introduced new provisions that focused on resolving these problems.

According to Shmyhal, the latest version would establish an equal partnership between the two countries and lasts 10 years. Financial contributions to the Common Fund would be in cash, and only new American military assistance will be counted towards the American share. Assistance provided before the signed agreement will not be counted. Unlike an earlier draft, the agreement would not conflict with Ukrainian via membership in the European Union – a key provision for Kiev.

It was expected that the Ukrainian cabinet would approve the text of the agreement before it can be signed in Washington. Then the contract should ratify the Ukrainian parliament before it can take effect.

Negotiations come in the midst of rocky progress in Washington Push to stop war.

In Moscow, the older Kremlj said on Wednesday, which is given an agreement on the break of the war “is far too complex to quickly do,” because American favorable urban efforts and expresses frustration in relation to slow progress.

Meanwhile, the night Russian Russian attack on the second largest city of Kharkiv in Ukraine wounded at least 45 civilians, officials said. The United Nations reported that the number of Ukrainian civilian casualties increased in recent weeks.