Kyiv | US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) that a minerals deal between Kyiv and Washington would provide Ukraine with a postwar “security shield”, and President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped to reach an agreement within days.
Mr Bessent, the first cabinet-level official on Donald Trump’s team to visit Kyiv, spoke after Mr Zelensky said he was ready to do a deal to open mineral resources to US investment, as he vies for the US president’s backing in the war against Russia.
