Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States is ready to sign a minerals deal with Ukraine on Wednesday afternoon despite the Ukrainians attempting to make “some last minute changes,” it was reported.

“Scott Bessent says the US is ‘ready to sign’ the minerals deal with Ukraine and would do it this afternoon but the Ukrainians tried to make ‘some last minute changes,'” RealClear Politics  Philip Melanchthon Wegmann posted on X.

During a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Bessent said Ukraine wanted to make some last-minute changes to a minerals deal with the U.S.

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