Ukraine and the US are close to signing a subsoil agreement

As Scott Bessent noted, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky's team recently came up with a counterproposal on this issue.

This led to the negotiations being delayed. Moreover, they are still ongoing.

"We are very, very close. The agreement could be signed this week," the US Treasury Secretary emphasized.

According to an insider, the talks between the technical groups between the countries were indeed constructive.

Another anonymous source said that Donald Trump's team still views the deal as an opportunity to recoup its costs in Ukraine from the profits from the fund.

What is important to understand is that its size has not yet been determined in the latest project.

Despite this, insiders claim that Washington has lowered its estimate from $300 billion to around $100 billion.

This is very close to the official Kyiv estimate of over $90 billion.