Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with President Donald Trump on Friday to sign an agreement that would allow the United States access to Ukraine’s mineral reserves. The deal would give the U.

Ukraine might have turned the tide in its rocky relations with the U.S. by offering President Donald Trump's administration access to its critical minerals as part of wider peace negotiations, but experts warn that question marks remain around the value and accessibility of such deposits.

A draft agreement discussed on Tuesday does not include a $500 billion payout the Trump administration demanded earlier.