Republicans say they can sell the Ukraine deal to voters as a business arrangement or a moral obligation—or both.

The deal is expected to give the U.S. access to critical minerals and resources which Kyiv hopes will mean long-term support for its defense from Russia.

The text of the agreement, made public by Ukraine’s government, made no mention of the security guarantees that Kyiv had long sought.

Volodymyr Zelensky used his 15 minutes with Donald Trump at the Vatican to urge him to take a stronger stance against Vladimir Putin and to reprioritize the ceasefire. This information comes from two sources familiar with the Saturday meeting,

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held crunch war talks in the heart of the Vatican minutes before the start of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, as the White House mounts an increasingly urgent push to strike a peace deal in Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly pressed U.S. President Donald Trump to return to his original proposal of an unconditional ceasefire as the starting point for peace talks.