Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

In addition to the struggle against Russia, Ukraine faces a more existential battle, its birth rate is plunging and people are leaving the embattled nation in droves.

Ukraine and the USA are discussing the possibility of creating an investment fund, where Kyiv will invest future revenues from the extraction of critical minerals and Washington will contribute money for different areas, the contributions will be about 50/50, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said, Interfax-Ukraine has reported.

An agreement on Ukraine's natural resources between Ukraine and the U.S. has been finalized, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. The agreement, which also receives U.S. support for Ukraine's security and peace efforts,

Ukraine's prime minister disclosed the details of a draft minerals deal with the United States on Wednesday, saying its wording showed Washington backed Kyiv's effort to get

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Wednesday Washington would commit to supporting Kyiv's efforts to obtain security guarantees under a finalised minerals deal the two nations have wrangled over for two weeks, but the Americans offered no security pledges of their own.