Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals amid its three-year war with Russia.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says Ukraine has built a new defense industry, which today has capabilities that have increased 35 times. “Up to $35 billion a year. This is a significant achievement. In two years,

Ukraine is open to peace negotiations, but it cannot discuss territorial losses, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Tuesday. “We do not discuss and cannot discuss Ukraine’s territorial losses. We can talk about a peace plan that includes certain stages,” Shmyhal said at a news conference, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

Ukraine will be able to 100% meet its artillery needs with its own production, said the country's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.