Zelensky yelled at Trump’s envoy over minerals deal
Volodmyr Zelensky reportedly lashed out at Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s treasury secretary, in a recent meeting over the proposal to give the US rights to a large chunk of Ukraine’s rare and earth and critical minerals.
“He was very angry,” a person present at the talks told the Financial Times.
Senior Ukrainian officials also said that Mr Bessent had demanded the Ukrainian leader sign the deal right then and there.
But Mr Zelensky refused and his yells could allegedly be heard through the heavy doors of his presidential office.
Earlier, The Telegraph reported that Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, said the negotiations have reached their “final stages”.