Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that he’s talked to U.S. President Donald Trump about the prospect of Ukraine sharing rare earth minerals with the United States, a topic he said was first raised with his White House counterpart months ago.
Trump said Monday that he wanted Ukraine to supply the U.S. with such minerals as a form of payment for the financial support Washington has provided to Kyiv amid its fight with Russia.
“I talked about this back in September, when we had a meeting with President Trump,” Zelenskyy told reporters at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.
“We are open to the fact that all of this can be developed with our partners, who are helping us to defend our land and pushing the enemy back with their weapons, their presence and sanctions packages. And this is absolutely just.”
Reporting from Ukrainian mediasuggests that point was made to Trump that the land …