- Donald Trump says he expects his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington on Friday to sign a mineral deal after a senior official in Kyiv says an agreement has been reached
- Media reports say a revised version of the document appears to have dropped a US demand to get $500bn (£395bn) in potential revenue from accessing Ukrainian natural resources
- However it reportedly does not give firm security guarantees to war-torn Ukraine – a key Ukrainian demand
- Without confirming that an agreement had been reached, Trump said that in return for the deal Ukraine would get “the right to fight on”
- The US president has been pushing for access to Ukraine’s minerals in return for previous military and other aid to the country since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion three years ago
