Ukraine and US Agree to Exempt Repayment of US Aid from Minerals Deal — Prime Minister

Kiev and Washington have agreed that the US' aid to Ukraine will not be brought up in the US-Ukrainian rare earths deal as a debt obligation, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said after a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "Important meeting with S Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, during which we discussed an agreement between our countries ... There is a good progress ... Agreements have been reached that the document will not account for the US aid provided prior to its signing," Shmyhal said on Telegram. The Ukrainian side has drawn "red lines" of the deal, including that...