Ukraine, US sign minerals deal, tying Trump to Kiev - World News

Gennadiy Trukhanovmayor

The enemy has launched another massive attack on the city. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure have been damaged in various areas of Odessa."

The city's Mayor Gennady Trukhanov said

Yulia Svyrydenkoukrainian Economy Minister

Together with the United States, we are creating the Fund that will attract global investment into our country."

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on X

The enemy is attacking Odesa with strike drones. There is considerable damage to civilian infrastructure, particularly dwellings."

He said

This agreement signals clearly to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine over the long term,

Bessent said

Donald Trumppresident

The American presence will, I think, keep a lot of bad actors out of the country or certainly out of the area where we're doing the digging,

Trump said at a cabinet meeting

The fund's profits will be reinvested exclusively in Ukraine,

he said