The U.S. and Ukraine are near a deal to hand valuable mineral rights to the U.S., an agreement the Trump administration has sought as compensation for military aid to fight off Russia’s invasion, people familiar with the matter said.

Donald Trump says Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin have to "get together" to end the war Answering questions from reporters in the Oval Office, the US president also says the mineral deal with Ukraine is "pretty close" to being signed Zelensky appeared to support this in an address this evening,