Svyrydenko flies to Washington: subsoil agreement may be signed as early as Wednesday

Ukraine is ready to sign a minerals agreement with the United States as early as Wednesday, April 30. Ukraine's Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has already left for Washington, writes Bloomberg, citing sources

The information was confirmed by a number of Ukrainian media outlets, including Suspilne.

According to the sources, the US and Ukrainian sides are now finalizing the last technical details of the document. Two more technical agreements, which will determine how the joint fund will work, have not yet been agreed upon.

The Financial Times reported that the agreement between Ukraine and the United States could be signed this week, the day before

On Sunday, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Ukraine had received an important concession from the White House: previous military aid would not be counted under the deal. An FT source said this could pave the way for a deal to be signed this week.

• At the end of February 2025, Ukraine and the United States were about to sign a framework agreement on joint mining in Ukraine. The deal fell through due to a quarrel in the Oval Office during President Zelenskyy's visit to the U.S. .
• Zelenskyy said that he was not going to recognize the aid he had received from the U.S. as debt. Instead, Trump wanted to compensate the US for its support of Ukraine through a resource agreement.
• On March 27, it became known that the US had offered Ukraine a draft of a new, broader agreement (which even in the US some viewed as a racket ). However, on April 19, Ukraine's trade representative Taras Kachka said that during the negotiations the draft agreement was significantly changed .
• On April 17, Ukraine and the United States signed a memorandum attesting to the "constructive joint work" of the two countries' teams and the intention to conclude a resource agreement. Later, the text of the document was made public .