The ongoing saga of the U.S.-Ukraine natural resources deal has already caused seismic ruptures between Kyiv and Washington, temporarily costing Ukraine American military support and crucial intelligence sharing.

US President Donald Trump accused the Ukrainian president of “trying to back out” of the minerals deal expected to be agreed between the two countries as early as this week, adding that Volodymyr Zelensky would face “big problems” if he didn’t sign an agreement.

Ukraine will work with the United States towards a mutually acceptable text of a minerals deal that the two countries can sign, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday. Sybiha told a press conference that one round of consultations had already taken place on a new draft of the minerals deal and that an agreement providing for a strong American business presence in Ukraine would contribute to his country's security infrastructure.

A well-known adviser to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is pushing back against a plan by President Donald Trump to use it to boost domestic investment in mineral production.

If you thought the United States’ first minerals deal with Ukraine was bad, the new version reads even worse. It's unclear whether this is the $122 billion or so that the Kiel Institute tracks as the U.

Ukraine is still attempting to push the US for an “acceptable” minerals deal, hours after Donald Trump expressed frustration at Kyiv for not signing the agreement.

US President Donald Trump has noted progress in negotiations to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, according to the leader's speech at the White House on April 2. "I think we're being given good cooperation by Russia and by Ukraine but we have to get it stopped,

U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2 announced a 10% baseline tariff on all imports into the country, along with higher rates for dozens of countries that maintain trade surpluses with the United States.