A proposed minerals deal between the United States and Ukraine will not apply to past disbursements of U.S. assistance to Kyiv, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.
“Agreements have been reached that the document does not count [U.S.] assistance provided [to Ukraine] before its signing,” Shmyhal wrote in an April 27 post on the Telegram messaging platform.
U.S. President Donald Trump has touted the deal as a way to recoup some of the tens of billions of dollars that Washington has given Ukraine—in the form of both financial and military assistance—since Russia invaded the country in 2022….