Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is set to come to Washington on Friday to sign the framework for a minerals deal. While the final details of any agreement haven't been locked in yet, it seems it will also not contain the security guarantees Kyiv and other European capitals had been hoping for.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy is heading to Washington Friday to sign a deal that will allow the US to tap into future revenue from the war-battered country’s natural resources.

President Trump, who had insisted he wanted “payback” for past military aid to Kyiv, suggested President Volodymyr Zelensky would visit Washington this week to sign an agreement, which he called a “very big deal.