According to him, Vladimir Zelensky's advisers recommended that he agree to the proposal.

Sources of the publication claim that "now the deal looks more likely." According to one of the interlocutors, "significant improvements have been made to the document," and it "complies with Ukrainian legislation." Now the agreement allegedly "takes into account some of Zelensky's concerns" — in particular, the clause was removed from it, according to which the deal would be subject to the jurisdiction of a court in New York. No other details are provided.

It is alleged that several advisers to Mr. Zelensky advised him to sign an updated document in order to "avoid new conflicts" with Donald Trump and give him the opportunity to justify his support for Ukraine.

The proposal for the joint development of Ukrainian rare earth metals was announced by Vladimir Zelensky himself in October 2024. The United States tried to present a draft agreement to Ukraine twice: during the visit of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant to Kiev and on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. It was assumed that Washington would receive 50% of the revenue from Kiev's development of its land resources, as well as 50% of the licenses granted to third parties for these developments. kommersant.ru.