US vice president JD Vance said the war in Ukraine is not coming to an end “any time soon” despite president Donald Trump’s team finalising a long-awaited deal to give America access to key Ukrainian mineral resources.
Speaking on Fox News’s “Special Report with Bret Baier” show, Mr Vance said it is now up to the Russians and Ukrainians to stop this “brutal, brutal conflict”.
Hours earlier, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister revealed key details of the “historic” minerals deal which was reached on Wednesday following months of negotiations. The deal includes no security guarantees but implies America will have a greater interest in protecting its investment in the country.
Yulia Svyrydenko, who signed the agreement alongside US treasury secretary Scott Bessent in Washington, says the deal will have a number of knock-on effects for Ukraine. It creates a joint fund for the US and Ukraine to invest in the country’s reconstruction, with a draft saying Washington would get preferential access to new Ukrainian resource deals.
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