The US has presented Ukraine with a revised deal for its rare earth minerals after the initial proposal was struck down by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a Ukrainian source confirmed to The Post.

This follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's rejection of a detailed U.S. proposal last week that would have seen Washington receiving 50% of Ukraine's critical minerals, which include graphite,

Kyiv’s refusal to hand mineral rights worth hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. has sparked a rising war of words between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

For all the administration has done in his first term as well and all the United States has done for Ukraine — is just it’s unacceptable,” Waltz said Thursday on

Russia, like U.S. President Donald Trump, covets Ukraine's natural resources - and on the ground its forces are closing in on a giant lithium deposit. Trump said this month he wants Kyiv to hand over large quantities of its critical minerals in return for U.