US President Trump saidThe United States and Ukraine will sign a deal on key minerals next Thursday, the move is expected to keep Kiev in a good position in line with the White House's efforts to reach a rapid ceasefire agreement with Russia.

“We have a mineral agreement that I guess will be signed next Thursday,” Trump said during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Meloni in the Oval Office. "andI assume they will follow the agreement。”

The announcement means that the U.S.-U.S.-U.S.-U.S. mineral agreement has been back on track after a breakdown, and it shows that the two sides have reached an agreement framework for the post-war mining of the country's minerals and reconstruction infrastructure plan.

The deal comes as Trump has been shaking about whether to blame Moscow or Kiev for failing to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Trump has been demanding a joint development agreement between the United States and Ukraine as compensation for weapons and other aid provided by Biden during his tenure.

Earlier this month, Ukraine and the United States held technical discussions on the agreement and agreed to sign a transitional memorandum of intent to confirm the positive progress made by both sides. The document was “signed online” late Thursday, clearing the way for “to reach an economic partnership agreement and establishing a Ukrainian reconstruction investment fund,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in a post.

"This document is the result of professional work of the negotiating team, who recently completed another round of technical discussions in Washington," Sveridenko added.

The partnership agreement will give the United States priority claim rights for profits transferred to a special reconstruction investment fund controlled by Washington.During the negotiations, Kiev has been striving for better terms and refuses to acknowledge past U.S. aid was debt.

According to people familiar with the matter, the Trump administration estimated the amount of aid the United States has provided to Kiev since the full Russian invasion, after a round of negotiations in Washington. According to people familiar with the matter, the Trump administration has estimated that the amount of aid the United States has provided to Kiev since the full invasion of Russia, according to a report by the Trump administration.The cut from $300 billion to about $100 billion.This brings it closer to Ukraine's own estimate of more than $90 billion.

Trump also retracted some of his recent remarks about Zelensky's responsibility for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, although he still criticized the Ukrainian leader.

"I don't think Zelensky should be responsible, but I'm not completely satisfied with the fact that the conflict broke out," Trump said, adding that his dissatisfaction with Zelensky was due to the bloody casualties caused by the conflict. "I won't say how good he did, I'm not a fan of him," he said.

Nevertheless, Trump said his focus was on getting Russian leader Putin to agree to stop the fight. "I'm trying to get him to stop because you know, Russia is much bigger."