U.S. and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko signed the minerals deal that President Trump insisted on as a condition for continued U.S. support for the Ukrainian government. Per a Reuters report on the news, the deal is important for the Ukrainian government, which hopes to appease President Trump and motivate him to extend U.S. aid of all sorts. Indeed, Svyrydenko wrote on X, as cited by Reuters, that “In addition to direct financial contributions, it may also provide NEW assistance -…