Ukraine and the US have announced they have reached a vital minerals deal following months of sometimes fraught negotiations.In Washington on Wednesday, the two countries said they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine's reconstruction,

The United States and Ukraine finally signed off on a deal, which gives Washington access to Kyiv’s rare earth minerals. This agreement will establish the ‘US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. The Ukrainian side has called the newly-agreed treaty ‘equal and a good international deal’.