The Ukrainian leader cast doubt on a meeting with Trump in Washington this week, and said he had several questions for the president.

President Trump, who had insisted he wanted “payback” for past military aid to Kyiv, suggested President Volodymyr Zelensky would visit Washington this week to sign an agreement, which he called a “very big deal.

The United States and Ukraine have agreed to terms on a minerals and reconstruction deal, an official in Ukraine reported Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to travel to Washington,