Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hails 'good progress' on minerals deal talks

Ukrainian president says legalities almost finalised and officials signal US concessions in talks that are progressing 'quite fast'; deadly Shahed strike on Dnipro. What we know on day 1,149 Minerals deal negotiators have made "good progress", the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Wednesday. A senior official with knowledge of the negotiations told Agence France-Presse that newer drafts of the US-Ukraine accord appeared not to recognise previous US military aid as a debt owed by ...