The U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of a draft minerals deal central to Kyiv's push to win Washington's support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.
A source familiar with the contents of the draft agreement said that it does not specify any U.S. security guarantees or continued flow of weapons but says that the United States wants Ukraine to be "free, sovereign and secure.”
While the latest version of the deal still doesn’t spell out specific security guarantees, sources said Ukraine sees it as a starting point toward that possibility. U.S. officials have said that binding Ukraine to the U.S. through economic ties would provided a de facto security shield. A detailed agreement is expected to be worked out later.
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