Ukraine and the U.S. signed a Trump-backed deal granting the U.S. priority access to Ukrainian minerals and funding Ukraine’s reconstruction.
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00:00Welcome back. The US and Ukraine have signed a deal heavily promoted by US President Donald Trump.
00:06This deal will give the US preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction.
00:16US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko
00:22were shown signing the agreement in photos posted on Svyridenko's Facebook page.
00:26She also wrote on Acts that the Accord provides for Washington to contribute to the fund.
00:32The two countries signed the Accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraud negotiations
00:37with uncertainty persisting until the last moment with word of an 11th hour snag.