MOSCOW, February 22. /TASS/. Ukraine and the United States should come to ‘a just result’ regarding their deal on the rare-earth materials, Vladimir Zelensky said.
"The teams of Ukraine and the United States are working today on a draft agreement between our governments… I am hoping to get a result, a just result," Zelensky announced on his Telegram channel account.
Zelenesky added that he also handled eight telephone conversations with foreign leaders on Friday and listened to a report from Ukrainian Army Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky.
On February 12, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent handed over a draft agreement on rare-earth metals while visiting Kiev. Zelensky did not sign it then, nor later, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, during his meeting with US Vice President JD Vance.
Instead, the Ukrainian delegation presented a revised version with its proposed amendments which the Americans decided not to take it into account.
In recent days, tensions between the United States and Ukraine have escalated sharply. Trump labeled Zelensky a dictator and accused him of obstructing a rare earths deal. In response, Zelensky suggested that Trump was a victim of "Russian disinformation.".