Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed on Sunday that the United States had dropped its demand for Kyiv to commit to paying $500 billion as part of a controversial deal to give Washington a cut of Ukraine’s mineral wealth However, Zelenskiy made it clear that US military support must be included in any agreement, further signaling the significant differences between the two countries in negotiations
The US had previously pressured Zelenskiy to accept a proposal to tap into Ukraine's mineral wealth, which was introduced by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a visit to Kyiv on February 12
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