Volodymyr Zelensky has caved to Donald Trump's demands as the Ukrainian President has agreed a deal with the US which grants them access to critical mineral deposits. The agreement was viewed as vital to appease the White House for a peace settlement between Kyiv and Moscow to bring Putin's three-year-long invasion to an end.

President Donald Trump said on Friday he expects Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to sign a minerals agreement with the United States soon as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war. "We're signing an agreement,

I think Ukrainians are more worried than ever about the pressure they’re being put under and now, of course, supporters of President Trump - apologists for the way he works - say that he throws out verbal gambits to make people drop long-held positions to make a deal.