Trump announces upcoming talks with Zelensky
US President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to talk with Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky in the near future. He has also confirmed that a minerals agreement between Washington and Kiev had been ratified by the Ukrainian parliament.
'We just concluded the rare earth deal with Ukraine,' Trump told journalists in the White House on Thursday. 'We appreciate that and I'll be speaking with [Zelensky] in a little while,' he stated, without providing any further details about the date or the format for the upcoming talks.
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