Following the US, the EU also made the same request: Ukraine's mines are on the agenda

According to reports in the European press, EU Commission Vice President Stephane Sejourne announced that the EU has offered Ukraine a win-win mining deal.

Sejourne, who is responsible for EU industrial strategy, said that the EU side presented a "rival" offer to Ukrainian authorities during a visit to Kiev yesterday by commissioners as the war has ended its third year.

"21 of the 30 critical items that Europe needs can be provided by Ukraine through a win-win partnership," Sejourne said, adding that Europe would never propose a deal that would not benefit both parties.

TRUMP REQUESTED RARE ELEMENTS

At the beginning of the month, US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine owed the US hundreds of billions of dollars due to the aid provided so far and announced that he wanted to make a deal with Kiev demanding rare earth elements worth $500 billion.

Trump had announced that talks were ongoing with both the Russian and Ukrainian sides to end the Russia-Ukraine war and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would come to the White House this or next week to sign the precious metals agreement.

Ukraine has a wide range of critical and large-scale elements and minerals, including lithium, titanium, uranium and manganese.