Zelensky hired to meet Trump on Friday with Ukraine minerals on the table – Europe

Taking the first meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday, Trump said the visit of the Ukrainian president to Washington was “confirmed now” after tension days between the two leaders on the Minerals Agreement.

Zelensky, who entered the increasing pressure from US officials to sign the agreement, told a press conference that his trip to Washington will immediately follow with discussions with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other European leaders in the UK over the weekend.

His comments came immediately after Russian artillery killed at least five people in East, beaten by Ukraine, and a Drone Dam claimed two more lives near Kiev, including a Ukrainian journalist.

The discussions were full of the mineral agreement, which would grant the preferential access of the United States to the Ukrainian natural resources in exchange for US security assistance.

Tuesday late officials said they had reached an agreement following prolonged negotiations, but Zelensky told Kiev reporters that a more difficult job.

“This is a beginning, this is a framework agreement,” he told journalists.

Additional discussions between US and Ukrainian officials would determine the nature of security guarantees for Ukraine and the exact amounts of money in the game.

“Peace and security guarantees are the key to prevent Russia from destroying other nations,” Zelensky said at his evening video.

However, Trump left Ukraine’s aspirations earlier to join the Atlantic Defense Alliance, saying, “NATO – you can forget.”

“I think this is probably why it all started,” he added, referring to war.

Zelensky warned that “the agreement could be a great success or simply disappear. Whether it is a great success, I think, it depends on our conversation with President Trump. We will draw conclusions after. “

Zelensky’s refusal to sign a first project of the agreement that was delivered to Kiev by the secretary of the US treasury was greeted by Trump, who later named the Ukrainian leader “dictator”.

The Kremlin also sought to defeat Trump, avoiding the American leader and encouraging American investments in natural resources in the Ukrainian territory controlled by Russian forces.

Russian and US diplomats will meet in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss problems with their embassies, Russia’s Foreign Minister said, as the tensions are ease between the two countries.

But both Moscow and Kyiv have intensified the air attacks on their energy and military installations, even though Trump pushes an agreement to conclude the conflict launched by Russia more than three years ago.

Kyiv AFP journalists heard explosions that went out after Russia launched Drone Barrage, which later Ukrainian air force said it consisted of 177 types of different types targeting regions from all over the country.

The Ukrinform News Agency announced on Wednesday afterwards -Makes that his Tievian journalist Kuyk was among those killed in the attack.

“Her premature death has shocked her colleagues and is a huge loss for the agency,” he said in a statement.

The university in which Kulyk’s husband worked said it was likely to be at home at the time of the strike, and the authorities said they found a second body.

And the largest private private energy company in Ukraine, Dtek, said one of his facilities was damaged in the Dnipropetrovsk region, without elaborating.

On the first line, the Russian forces made their way to the city of Kostyantynivka and have intensely bombed the Civil Center in the East Donetk region, which the Kremlin claims is part of Russia.

The regional authorities said that five people were killed and 11 injured in the last strikes of Russia, who has an army with better and big resources along the front line.

However, Ukraine has announced that it has launched a successful counterattack in the Donetk region, obtaining control over the village of Kotlyne, near a key transit artery and the logistical hub of Pokrovsk.

The Russian Defense Ministry said separately that its forces have been controlled on two villages in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive in August last year.

Kyiv has intensified the air strikes against energy and military installations in the Russian territory in recent months, in what it says is a response to the bombardment of Moscow in its cities and the energy infrastructure.

Drone attacks targeted the Russian regions of Bryansk and Kursk overnight, according to the ministry.

Major damage by the media or the Russian authorities were not reported immediately.