The US president confirmed Zelensky would be at the White House on Friday – after Thursday’s visit by Sir Keir Starmer, but suggested the US would not be making far-reaching security guarantees.
Mr Trump has said he wants to move quickly towards a ceasefire in Ukraine, but Putin this week tempered expectations of rapid progress, saying nothing could be achieved without restoring trust between Russia and the United States.
Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the White House on Friday to sign a minerals deal, Donald Trump said, though international agreement on possible peace talks remains far less clear.
The deal, under which Kyiv would hand some revenue from rare earth deposits in Ukraine to a fund jointly controlled by Washington, is central to Zelensky’s attempts to win strong support as he seeks a quick end to Russia's war.
Mr Zelensky said in Kyiv that a framework of an economic deal had been reached, but that it did not yet include US security guarantees, which his country sees as vital.
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