President Donald Trump‘s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff believes an agreement with Ukraine regarding its rare earth minerals will be signed this week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially declined the offer brought to him by U.

Ukraine and the United States are in the final stages of negotiating a minerals deal considered central to ending Russia's three-year-old war in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official said on Monday. Kyiv and Washington are both interested in U.

President Trump said that Ukraine’s president may soon visit the White House to sign a deal, though how it ties in to efforts to end the Russian invasion and guarantee Ukraine’s security is unclear.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russia should not necessarily be blamed for sparking the war in Ukraine — a position that aligns with President Donald Trump’s recent strikes against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the three-year anniversary of the fighting looms.