Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is "not ready" to sign a deal that would give the United States preferential access to his country's rare earth minerals, a Ukrainian source close to the matter told AFP.

Volodymyr Zelensky has caved to Donald Trump's demands as the Ukrainian President has agreed a deal with the US which grants them access to critical mineral deposits. The agreement was viewed as vital to appease the White House for a peace settlement between Kyiv and Moscow to bring Putin's three-year-long invasion to an end.

"Here's the bottom line, President Zelenskiy is going to sign that deal, and you will see that in the very short term," Waltz said in an appearance at the Conservative Political A