Republican US Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, after a conversation with the head of the President's Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, said that the agreement on minerals with Ukraine will be signed in a short time.

"I just had a lengthy and productive one-on-one conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Chief-of-Staff, Andriy Yermak. We are 100% getting this train back on the tracks. This mineral deal will be signed in short order, which will lead to a strong long-term economic partnership between the United States and Ukraine, and which will ultimately and naturally lead to security assistance," he said on X.

He stressed that Europe will be required "to step up and do its part, and there will be mandates for them to do just that."