Ukrainian executive champions the U.S. minerals deal as a way to open Kyiv to private investment and expand energy security that has been a chief target in Russia's war.

A deal expected to be signed later on Wednesday gives the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals, but does not automatically hand Washington a share of Ukraine's mineral wealth or any of its gas infrastructure,

A new US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund has been established to drive economic growth. The fund will be jointly managed, with no majority vote for either party. View on euronews