Trump confirmed Zelensky's visit to the United States on February 28.

The President of the United States Donald Trump confirmed that the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky will arrive in Washington on February 28 to sign an agreement on natural resources. This was reported on February 26 by the newspaper The Guardian.

"I heard he's coming on Friday. Of course, I don't mind if he's ready. And if he would like to sign it with me," Trump told reporters.

According to the material, this statement was made after several days of intense negotiations between USA and Ukraine, during which Zelensky claimed that the United States was pressuring him to sign a deal worth more than $500 billion that would force "10 generations" of Ukrainians to pay off the debt.

According to The Guardian, the new terms of the deal did not include claims for the right to $500 billion in potential revenue from resource development. The deal was based on the joint ownership of the fund for the development of mineral resources of Ukraine, with certain reservations regarding resources that already replenish the state budget.

Some details of the deal remained unclear, including the U.S. share in the new fund.

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The day before it was reported that Ukraine has agreed to a deal with the United States on the joint development of minerals in connection with Washington's change in its requirements. At the same time, the media pointed out that the Ukrainian leader might soon visit Washington to meet with Trump at the signing ceremony of the deal.

The British Financial Times newspaper noted on February 23 that Zelensky was "very angry" at a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant when discussing the rare earth metals deal. href="https://iz.ru/1844046/2025-02-24/ft-soobshchila-o-konflikte-zelenskogo-s-glavoi-minfina-ssha-iz-za-sdelki-po-resursam"> there was a conflict.

On the same day, Trump announced that he was going to href="https://iz.ru/1843547/2025-02-23/tramp-soobsil-o-rassirenii-spiska-trebovanii-ot-ukrainy-po-sdelke-s-iskopaemymi"> to demand from Ukraine not only rare earth minerals, but also oil, as well as "everything that can be obtained." He said that the European Union has the opportunity to get the money back, while the United States does not.