US President Donald Trump said Kyiv "essentially agreed" to provide mineral rights – rare earth elements in particular – in exchange for Washington's continuing support in a Monday Fox News interview.
"I told them that I want the equivalent of like $500 billion worth of rare earth [minerals], and they've essentially agreed to do that," Trump said.
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is open to a deal in response to Trump's earlier proposals by saying, "If we are talking about a deal, then let's do a deal, we are only for it."
"The Americans helped the most, and therefore the Americans should earn the most … And they should have this priority, and they will. I would also like to talk about this with President Trump," Zelensky added in his interview with Reuters.
Rare earth elements consist of 17 elements, the deposit and monetary values of which remain classified information in Ukraine. It is also unclear if Trump also referred to other sought-after metals found abundant in Ukraine, such as lithium and titanium.
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