Crisis averted? Perhaps for Volodymyr Zelensky, who could end up the big winner in this mineral-rights pact with Donald Trump. Both sides agreed to the terms, allowing the US to get compensated for $100 billion or more in aid to Ukraine in its three-year war against Russia.
Not that Trump won’t notch a victory with this too, but for Zelensky, the stakes are existential:
Ukraine has agreed to a mineral-rights deal with the U.S. that could be finalized as soon as Friday at a White House meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
People close to the negotiations said the text had now been agreed, and the U.S. had dropped its previous demand for the right to $500 billion in potential revenue from the development of Ukraine’s mineral resources.
The signing ceremony would be a personal victory for Zelensky, who has been pushing for…
