By james art 
The United States and Ukraine said on Sunday that an agreement was approaching Kiev to give Washington a large share of its rare mineral rights on Earth as compensation for billions of dollars in ammunition that the United States sent to Ukraine to defend themselves from the full war of Russia S
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said at a press conference in Kiev that Ukraine and the United States “make progress” in making a deal. He said the Pact’s project calls on Ukraine to pay $ 2 for every dollar for help the US sent to Kiev to fight the invasion of Russia, although details of the future agreement were not disclosed.
The war hits the three -year brand on Monday.
The United States is the largest benefactor of Ukraine, sending $ 128 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, according to the German Institute of Kiel for the world economy. The US share is right in front of the combined figure of $ 124 billion for the 27-national European Union.
Special US Messenger Steve Vikoff told CNN’s “Union State” that he expects Zelenski to sign the mineral deal this week.
Initially, Zelenski rejected the US’s request for half of the rare mineral mineral supplies of Ukraine used in the production of technological products. Witkoff reports in an interview with CNN that the deal will already be completed, although it has not indicated details of the agreement.
Vitcof said that European countries contribute to Ukraine’s military efforts after reaching an agreement with Kiev to be paid off, but the US had no such understanding.
Vitcof said that such support in the United States for Ukraine without the conditions for “no sense” of President Donald Trump, a longtime creator of real estate transactions in New York, before entering politics in 2015.
Zelenski said: “I had an agreement with [former U.S. President Joe] Biden and the US Congress I am grateful for the congress on both sides. And it was support by providing grants. The grant is not a loan. And we don’t have to repay the loan here. Maybe someone doesn’t like it and thinks it’s unfair. Maybe. I don’t know. But here’s what this deal was about. It was a grant. Therefore, it’s not about the figure. We just don’t see it as a loan. “
Trump, who called the Zelenski “dictator” last week and accused him of starting the war, although Russia invaded Ukraine, demanded the payments and accused its predecessor Biden of not providing any form of guarantee of compensation.
Zelenski said Sunday wanted Trump to “understand” his position and deal with specific security guarantees to help Kiev defend himself against the Russian invasion.
“I very much want Trump’s understanding of each other,” Zelenski said at his press conference, adding: “Trump security guarantees are very necessary.”
Zelenski said he was ready to abandon his presidency if it means peace in Ukraine, refusing to exchange its departure for Ukraine’s entry into NATO, which Russia is strongly opposed.
“If [it means] Peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, I’m ready, ”Zelenski said. “I can exchange this for NATO [membership]If this condition is present immediately. “
The best US and Russian diplomats, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, met in Saudi Arabia, without neither Ukrainian nor European officials last week, to lay the foundations for peace talks to end the war. Zelenski complained that Ukraine was excluded from the negotiations, but Trump said he could have negotiated with Russia to speak to Moscow from the invasion.
“I had a lot of good conversations with Putin and I did not have such good conversations with Ukraine,” Trump said to US governors of the country in the White House.
“They have no cards, but they play it hard,” Trump said to Ukraine.
Russian state television has said in recent days that Trump’s view of the conflict in Russia-Ukraine is “in full alignment in accordance with the way we see things.”
Vitcof said the war “would not have to happen” if Ukraine did not insist on NATO membership at that time. Kiev is still pressing to join the 32-national pact, but Washington says it is unrealistic for this to happen as part of an agreed peace agreement to end the war.
Vitcof said that you will eventually “see discounts signed on both sides” in a peace deal.
Now Russia controls about one fifth of the internationally recognized Ukrainian territory, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that Moscow’s Sunday has no intention of giving up any of the land of Kiev’s government.
“People have decided to join Russia for a long time,” he said, citing votes in the Moscow stage in Eastern Ukraine, held against the backdrop of three -year offensive, which was attacked as a fake by Kiev, West and international monitors.
“No one will ever sell these territories,” Peskov said. “This is the most important.”
Trump’s call with Putin two weeks ago staged the scene for the Rubio-Lavrov conversations in Saudi Arabia.
“This is a dialogue between two extraordinary presidents,” Peskov told state television.
Russia on Sunday celebrated a defender of Fatherland Day – a holiday welcoming soldiers and veterans. In a video posted by the Kremlin, Putin said that God and fate had entrusted to him and his army with the “mission” to defend Russia.
Zelenski, meanwhile, said Russia had launched 267 drone attacks overnight against Ukraine, which he condemned as “air terror”. Ukrainian officials report damage in five regions of the country.
Zelenski said that Russia has directed Ukraine with nearly 1,150 attacking drones, more than 1,400 air bombs and 35 missiles of different species last week.
Some materials in this report come from Reuters.